Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature.
Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox.
Joan Leegant’s new collection of Jewish short stories, Displaced Persons, won the New American Fiction Prize and was published this month. She is also the author of a novel, Wherever You Go, and another story collection, An Hour in Paradise, which won the PEN/New England Book Award, the Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction, and was named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Formerly an attorney, Joan has taught at Harvard, Oklahoma State, Hebrew College, and Cornish College in Seattle where she was also the writer-in-residence at Hugo House. For five years she was the visiting writer at the Shaindey Rudoff Program in Creative Writing at Bar-Ilan University while also giving talks across the country on American literature and culture under the auspices of the State Department and serving as a volunteer ESL teacher for African refugees in South Tel Aviv. For more about Joan and her work visit: www.joanleegant.com.