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Joseph Win­kler

Joseph Win­kler is a free­lance writer liv­ing in New York City. He writes for Vol1Brooklyn, The Huff­in­g­ton Post, Jew­cy, and oth­er sites. While not writ­ing, Joe is get­ting a Mas­ters in Eng­lish Lit­er­a­ture at City Col­lege. To sup­port his extrav­a­gant lifestyle, Joe also tutors and unabashed­ly babysits. Check out his blog at nocon​ver​sa​tion​left​be​hind​.blogspot​.com.
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Fame Shark
Royal Young
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Gertrud Kol­mar: A Lit­er­ary Life
Dieter Kuhn; Linda Marianiello, trans.
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The Bridge Over the Neroch: And Oth­er Works
Leonid Tsypkin; Jamey Gambrell, trans.
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The Can­vas
Benjamin Stein; Brian Zumhagen, trans.
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Yoram Hazony
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The Mid­dlesteins
Jami Atten­berg
Interview

Celebri­ty, Judaism, and the Low­er East Side: An Inter­view with Roy­al Young

by Joseph Win­klerRoy­al Young’s mem­oir, Fame Shark, was pub­lished last month by Heliotrope Books. Read his Vis­it­ing Scribe posts here.Joseph Win­kler: Your book is…
Joseph Win­kler
July 25, 2013
Interview

A Con­ver­sa­tion with Joshua Henkin

Post­ed by Joseph WinklerAt one point, I couldn’t tell if I was inter­view­ing Joshua Henkin, author of the splen­did new book, The World With­out You, or if we were…
Joseph Win­kler
June 20, 2012
Essay

Five Jew­ish Writ­ers Walk Into a Bookstore…

Post­ed by Joseph WinklerA Jew­ish joke: what do you get when you stick five con­tem­po­rary, tal­ent­ed Jew­ish writ­ers on a panel?A. 10 opin­ions on what con­sti­tutes…
Joseph Win­kler
March 22, 2012

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