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Arlene B. Soifer

Arlene B. Soifer earned degrees in Eng­lish, and has had many years of expe­ri­ence as a free­lance writer, edi­tor, and pub­lic rela­tions professional.
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Har­vest of Blos­soms: Poems from a Life Cut Short
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger; Irene Silverblatt and Helene Silverblatt, eds.
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Past Imper­fect: 318 Episodes from the Life of a Russ­ian Artist
Grisha Bruskin; Alice Nakhimovsky, trans.
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Vision­ary Expres­sion­ism: A Zion­ist Art
Alan Kaufman; Polly Zavadivker, ed. and fwd.
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Neal Bascomb
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The Kom­man­dan­t’s Girl
Pam Jenoff
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Meri-Jane Rochel­son
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Bend­ing Toward the Sun: A Moth­er and Daugh­ter Memoir
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie
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Why This World: A Biog­ra­phy of Clarice Lispector
Ben­jamin Moser
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Judith S. Goldstein
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Ann Kirschn­er
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Songs to a Moon­struck Lady: Women in Yid­dish Poetry
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Susan Shevlowe, ed.
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Modigliani: A Life
Jeffrey Meyers
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Alvin Levin; James Reidel, ed.
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Lore Segal

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