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Amy Spun­gen

Amy Spun­gen, a free­lance edi­tor and writer, has a BS in jour­nal­ism from Vir­ginia Com­mon­wealth Uni­ver­si­ty and an MA in Eng­lish from North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. She lives near Chica­go in High­land Park, Illinois.

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Fic­tion
Noth­ing Vast
Moshe Zvi Marvit
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Fic­tion
All-Night Phar­ma­cy
Ruth Madievsky
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Fic­tion
Sig­nal Fires
Dani Shapiro
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Non­fic­tion
The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remark­able Sto­ry of Sur­vival and Courage in Auschwitz
Maya Lee, Magda Hellinger
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Non­fic­tion
Plun­der: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly Prop­er­ty and Nazi Treasure
Men­achem Kaiser
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The Mem­o­ry Monster
Yishai Sarid
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Man of My Time
Dalia Sofer
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The Art of Leav­ing: A Memoir
Ayelet Tsabari
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Fic­tion
Tes­ta­ment
Kim Sher­wood
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Fic­tion
The Fourth Cor­ner of the World
Scott Nadelson
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Madon­na in a Fur Coat
Sabahattin Ali; Maureen Freely & Alexander Dawe, trans.
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The Tinc­ture of Time
Eliz­a­beth L. Silver
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Jump­ing Over Shadows
Annette Gendler
Interview

Talk­ing with Debut Nov­el­ist Kim Sherwood

Tes­ta­ment tells the sto­ry of a young woman whose beloved grand­fa­ther dies, trig­ger­ing her quest to find the truth of his past.

Amy Spun­gen
February 26, 2019
Interview

Inter­view: Annette Gendler

Annette Gendler’s mem­oir Jump­ing Over Shad­ows pulls read­ers into the dra­ma of World War II with its fam­i­ly tale of an ill-fat­ed mar­riage between a Jew­ish man,…
Amy Spun­gen
June 27, 2017

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