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Ariel­la Carmell

Ariel­la Carmell is a Brook­lyn-based writer of plays and prose. She grad­u­at­ed from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chica­go, where she stud­ied lit­er­a­ture and phi­los­o­phy. Her work has appeared in Alma, the Sier­ra Neva­da Review, the Brook­lyn review, and elsewhere.

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Night Angels
Weina Dai Randel
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The Woman Beyond the Sea
Sarit Yishai-Levi; Gilah Kahn-Hoffman, trans.
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Cra­dles of the Reich: A Novel
Jen­nifer Coburn
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Ash­ton Hall
Lau­ren Belfer
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The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land: Stories
Omer Fried­lan­der
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The Post­mistress of Paris: A Novel
Meg Waite Clayton
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Send for Me: A Novel
Lau­ren Fox
Essay

The Jew­ish Neigh­bors of ​‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’

Ariel­la Carmell
December 15, 2021
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Let­ters of ​‘Love and Long­ing’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Lau­ren Fox

Ariel­la Carmell
November 1, 2021

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