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    on writing

    Essay

    The Door Knock, Revisited

    Jen Max­field
    September 27, 2022
    Interview

    ‘Believ­ing in Bash­ert’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Elyssa Fried­land and Jean Meltzer

    Elyssa Fried­land, Jean Meltzer
    August 8, 2022
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    The Lit­er­ary Mafia: Jews, Pub­lish­ing, and Post­war Amer­i­can Literature
    Josh Lam­bert
    Recommended Reading

    Jews in Amer­i­can Publishing

    Josh Lam­bert
    July 25, 2022
    Essay

    ‘The Black Swan of Israel’: Remem­ber­ing Else Lasker-Schüler

    James J. Conway
    June 20, 2022
    Essay

    From Pro­fes­sor to Pre­tend Plumber: Learn­ing How to Write Like a Reg­u­lar Person

    Stephanie Bar­bé Hammer
    June 13, 2022
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    What Makes an Apple?: Six Con­ver­sa­tions about Writ­ing, Love, Guilt, and Oth­er Pleasures
    Amos Oz with Shira Hadad, Jessica Cohen (Translator)
    Essay

    Imag­i­na­tion and Espi­onage: Stock­holm Before WWII

    Daniel Birn­baum
    May 30, 2022
    Essay

    ‘Dead Poets Soci­ety’ and Artis­tic Expression

    Adam Kirsch
    May 30, 2022
    Essay

    Alive and Destroyed: A Med­i­ta­tion on the Holo­caust in Time

    Jason Fran­cis­co
    May 16, 2022
    Interview

    ‘Hunger for Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Johan­na Kaplan

    Francine Klags­brun
    May 13, 2022
    From the Journal

    Strug­gling Our Way Toward Col­lec­tive Narration

    Sam Cohen
    April 18, 2022
    Essay

    Be Patient in Judg­ment: Pirkei Avot and the Cher­nobyl Disaster

    Rachel Baren­baum
    April 4, 2022
    Essay

    Inves­ti­gat­ing ​‘The Mur­ders of Moisés Ville’

    Javier Sinay
    March 28, 2022
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    I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writ­ing Myself Home
    Jami Atten­berg
    From the Journal

    ‘The Trag­ic Cir­cle and the Melior­ist Line’: A con­ver­sa­tion with Colum McCann and Joshua Cohen

    Bec­ca Kantor
    January 31, 2022
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