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Nonfiction Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World’s Most Beloved Musical Barbara Isenberg
Essay Draper and the Jewess Leah Umansky is the author of the Mad-Men inspired chapbook, Don Dreams and I Dream (Kattywompus Press 2014) and Domestic Uncertainties (Blazevox 2013). She curates… Leah Umansky April 8, 2014
Nonfiction A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption and the Life of Leonard Cohen Liel Leibovitz
Nonfiction Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen Vincent Brook & Marat Grinberg, eds.
Nonfiction Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – The Creators of Superman Brad Ricca
Essay Lily Brett on Interviewing Rock Stars and Not Becoming a Lawyer Lily Brett has written six novels, three collections of essays, and seven volumes of poetry. Her work frequently explores the lives of Holocaust survivors and their… Lily Brett October 21, 2013
Essay Hilarious and Horrifying: Popular Culture Reveals the 1950s The Postscript series is a special peek “behind the scenes” of a book. It’s a juicy little extra something to add to a book club’s discussion and… Caroline Leavitt July 9, 2013
Nonfiction Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate Richard Bowers
