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Nonfiction Tainted Glory in Handel’s Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World’s Most Beloved Choral Work Michael Marissen
Nonfiction Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations With the Great Women of Musical Theater Eddie Shapiro
Essay Rock and Roll, Religion, and Leonard Cohen Earlier this week, Liel Leibovitz wrote about how Leonard Cohen became his personal savior. His newest book, A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption and the Life… Liel Leibovitz May 20, 2014
Nonfiction Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust — Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour James A. Grymes
Nonfiction A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption and the Life of Leonard Cohen Liel Leibovitz
Nonfiction Mixing Musics: Turkish Jewry and the Urban Landscape of a Sacred Song Maureen Jackson
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
Children’s Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah: A Letter from Camp Allan Sherman, Lou Busch, Jack E. Davis (Illus.)
Essay A Word on Who I Am Earlier this week, Ilan Mochari wrote about the autobiographical elements in his novel, Zinsky the Obscure (Fomite Press). He will be blogging here all week for… Ilan Mochari July 10, 2013
Nonfiction The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” Alan Light
Nonfiction Serenade: A Memoir of Music and Love from Vienna and Prague to Los Angeles, 1927 to World War II to 2012 Carol Jean Delmar
Essay Hearing the Women’s Songs — in Torah and in “The Big Sleep” Yesterday, Janice Steinberg wrote about Yiddish inflected English and the audiobook version of her novel The Tin Horse. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish… Janice Steinberg January 30, 2013
