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Essay Campy Lizards, or, A Look Back to My Literary Beginnings Earlier this week, C. Alexander London wrote about being an accidental adventurer and sequels and the Torah.In honor of the end of Book… Charles London May 27, 2011
Essay My First Writing Teacher Molly Birnbaum is the author of Season to Taste: How I Lost my Sense of Smell and Found My Way. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Molly Birnbaum May 9, 2011
Essay Patricide, Photography, and Audrey Hepburn On Monday, Austin Ratner wrote about Hillel sandwiches. His first book, The Jump Artist, is the winner of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… Austin Ratner April 13, 2011
Essay The Poetry Writing Process Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. In her earlier post, she wrote about the origin of Russian for Lovers. She will… Marina Blitshteyn April 6, 2011
Essay A Birthday and An Anniversary: A Book and Its Inspiration On Monday, Erika Dreifus discussed her upcoming panel at AWP, “Beyond Bagels and Lox.” She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Erika Dreifus January 19, 2011
Essay Jewish-American Literature as Multicultural Literature Erika Dreifus January 17, 2011
Essay Birth of A Family Business Michael Wex is the author of Born to Kvetch, and the new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Michael Wex January 3, 2011
Essay The Genesis of a Cartoon Earlier this week Ken Krimstein wrote about becoming a Jewish cartoonist, promoting his book, and Jewish gag cartoonists. He is the… Ken Krimstein December 23, 2010
Essay Kvetch and Wine Yesterday Ken Krimstein wrote about becoming a Jewish cartoonist. He is the author of Kvetch As Kvetch Can: Jewish Cartoons. He has been… Ken Krimstein December 21, 2010
Essay Short Friday Earlier this week, Avi Steinberg wrote about Kafka in Tel Aviv and shared ahorribly embarrassing memo. His first book, Running the Books: The Adventures… Avi Steinberg December 10, 2010
Essay Searching for Osama On Monday, Lavie Tidhar wrote about Jewish vampires and Hebrew punks. His new novel, An Occupation of Angels, is now available.It can be terribly… Lavie Tidhar November 10, 2010
Essay Hope, Not Fear Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterTwo years ago, I had the opportunity to assist in the development of a book website for Hope, Not Fear: A Path to… Beth Zasloff October 21, 2010
Essay The Best Part of Traveling Earlier this week, Martin Fletcher wrote about stories he’s covered for NBC’s London bureau and about choosing a title for his book. His newest… Martin Fletcher September 29, 2010
Essay Field Stories Without Names Yesterday, Martin Fletcher wrote about stories he’s covered for NBC’s London bureau. His newest book, Walking Israel: A Personal Search for the Soul of… Martin Fletcher September 28, 2010
Essay From Serious News to the Tabloids Martin Fletcher’s newest book, Walking Israel: A Personal Search for the Soul of a Nation, will be available tomorrow. He will be blogging all week for… Martin Fletcher September 27, 2010
Essay My Other Baby On Monday, Gal Beckerman wrote about barbecuing with hijackers. His first book, When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save… Gal Beckerman September 15, 2010
