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    Chil­dren’s
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    Audrey Galex
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    Swim­ming to Jerusalem
    Seth Born­stein
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    Loli­ta at Leonard’s of Great Neck: and Oth­er Sto­ries from the Before Times
    Shi­ra Dicker
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    With Sprin­kles On Top: Every­thing Vanil­la Peo­ple and Their Kinky Part­ners Need to Know to Com­mu­ni­cate, Explore, and Connect
    Ste­fani Goerlich
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    ‘She Doesn’t Want to Know the Secrets of This Place’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sloane Crosley

    Bec­ca Kantor
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    How To Love Your Daughter
    Hila Blum; Daniella Zamir, trans.
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    Siz­zle Reel
    Car­lyn Greenwald
    Interview

    Jew­ish and Queer Iden­ti­ty: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Haley Neil, Bri­an­na R. Shrum, and Sara Waxelbaum

    Haley Neil, Bri­an­na R. Shrum, Sara Wax­el­baum
    June 2, 2023
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    Secre­cy, Silence, and Sto­ry­telling: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Dani Shapiro

    Simona Zaret­sky
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    The Mar­riage Box
    Corie Adj­mi
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    Grape, Again!
    Gabriel Arquile­vich
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    The Woman Beyond the Sea
    Sarit Yishai-Levi; Gilah Kahn-Hoffman, trans.
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    Sex and the Sur­vivor: Elie Wiesel’s ​“Day” and a Con­tem­po­rary Woman Writer

    Court­ney Sender
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    The Blue Book: Rean­i­mat­ing Jew­ish New Orleans Through Fiction

    Kit­ty Zeldis
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    The Red Balcony
    Jonathan Wil­son
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