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Short Stories

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Fic­tion
Argu­ing with the Storm: Sto­ries by Yid­dish Women Writers
Rhea Tregebov, ed.; Kathryn Hellerstein, intro.
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Fic­tion
Ask For a Convertible
Danit Brown
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Fic­tion
Lives and Embers
Jacob G. Rosenberg
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Fic­tion
The Jew of Home Depot and Oth­er Stories
Max Apple
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Fic­tion
Jew­ish Gen­tle and Oth­er Sto­ries of Gay-Jew­ish Living
Daniel M. Jaffe
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Fic­tion
Out of the Depths & Oth­er Stories
Yosef Haim Brenner; David Patterson and Ezra Spicehandler, trans.
Cover of In the Mouth: Stories and Novellas
Fic­tion
In the Mouth: Sto­ries and Novellas
Eileen Pollack
Cover of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories
Fic­tion
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories
Nathan Eng­lan­der
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Chil­dren’s
Where the Shout­ing Began
Steven Sher
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Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterOk ok, I know you have a bit of a wait for Joshua Cohen’s new book, Four New Mes­sages (August 7, 2012), but…
Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
January 17, 2012
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Three Bal­conies: Sto­ries and a Novella
Bruce Jay Friedman
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Fic­tion
Once
Rebec­ca Rosenblum
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Chil­dren’s
Hot Dogs to the Res­cue & Oth­er Stories
Miriam Schonzeit
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Fic­tion
After­shocks: Stories
Grete Weil; John S. Barrett, trans.
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Book Cov­er of the Week: Hot Pink

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterAdam Levin​’s sec­ond book, Hot Pink, will be avail­able in March 2012
Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
December 27, 2011
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A Cat in the Ghetto
Rachmil Bryks; S. Morris Engel, trans.; Adam Rovner, fwd.
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