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Roy­al Young

Roy­al Young | Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Roy­al Young’s debut mem­oir Fame Shark will be released June 2013 from Heliotrope Books. Young con­tributes to Inter­view Mag­a­zine, New York Post, BOMB Mag­a­zine and The Lo Down.

My Fam­i­ly’s Reac­tion to Fame Shark

Famous Roots: An Inter­view With My Bab­bi and Zayde

From Shtetl to Star: A Jew­ish Tra­di­tion of Chang­ing Names

Cross­ing Delancey: Roy­al Young on Lee Brozgold
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Essay

Cross­ing Delancey: Roy­al Young on Lee Brozgold

Ear­li­er this week, Roy­al Young dis­cussed his deci­sion to change his name, inter­viewed his grand­par­ents, and wrote about his par­ents’ reac­tion to his debut…
Roy­al Young
June 13, 2013
Essay

From Shtetl to Star: A Jew­ish Tra­di­tion of Chang­ing Names

Ear­li­er this week, Roy­al Young inter­viewed his grand­par­ents and wrote about his par­ents’ reac­tion to his debut mem­oir Fame Shark. He will be blog­ging here all week…
Roy­al Young
June 12, 2013
Interview

Famous Roots: An Inter­view With My Bab­bi and Zayde

Ear­li­er this week, Roy­al Young wrote about his par­ents’ reac­tion to his debut mem­oir Fame Shark. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Roy­al Young
June 11, 2013
Essay

My Family’s Reac­tion to Fame Shark

Roy­al Young​’s debut mem­oir Fame Shark will be released June 2013 from Heliotrope Books. Young con­tributes to Inter­view Mag­a­zine, New York Post, BOMB Mag­a­zine and The Lo…
Roy­al Young
June 10, 2013
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Fame Shark
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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

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