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Josh Lam­bert

Josh Lam­bert (web/twit­ter) is the Sophia Moses Robi­son Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Jew­ish Stud­ies and Eng­lish, and Direc­tor of the Jew­ish Stud­ies Pro­gram, at Welles­ley Col­lege. His books include Unclean Lips: Obscen­i­ty, Jews, and Amer­i­can Cul­ture (2014), and The Lit­er­ary Mafia: Jews, Pub­lish­ing, and Post­war Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture (2022).

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Jews in Amer­i­can Publishing

Josh Lam­bert
July 25, 2022
Interview—From the Journal

The Endurance of Yid­dish: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Ilan Sta­vans and Josh Lambert

Ilan Sta­vans, Josh Lam­bert
January 13, 2020
Essay

Find­ing a Place for Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture in Jew­ish Day Schools

Ear­li­er this week, Josh Lam­bert wrote about the impor­tance of expos­ing teenagers to great Jew­ish books. His most recent book is Unclean Lips: Jews, Obscen­i­ty, and…
Josh Lam­bert
February 5, 2015
Essay

The Impor­tance of Expos­ing Teenagers to Great Jew­ish Books

Josh Lam­bert is the Aca­d­e­m­ic Direc­tor of the Yid­dish Book Cen­ter and a Vis­it­ing Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mass­a­chu­setts,…
Josh Lam­bert
February 3, 2015
Essay

Sholem Aleichem’s Motl on a Kin­dle as Yid­dish Clas­sics Go Digital

Look­ing for some­thing new to read with your book club? Have you thought about try­ing some­thing old? Thanks to a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Yale Uni­ver­si­ty Press, New…
Josh Lam­bert
May 13, 2014
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Obscene Rec­om­men­da­tions

Ear­li­er this week, Josh Lam­bert wrote about whether or not ​“shmuk” is a dirty word, how pub­li­ca­tions han­dle obscen­i­ties and how he came to write his newest…
Josh Lam­bert
December 20, 2013
Essay

Is ​“Shmuk” a Dirty Word?

Ear­li­er this week, Josh Lam­bert wrote about how pub­li­ca­tions han­dle obscen­i­ties and how he came to write his newest book, Unclean Lips: Obscen­i­ty, Jews, and…
Josh Lam­bert
December 19, 2013
Essay

Can We Print ​“Moth­er­fuck­er” Here?

Yes­ter­day, Josh Lam­bert wrote about how he came to write his newest book, Unclean Lips: Obscen­i­ty, Jews, and Amer­i­can Cul­ture (NYU Press). He will be blog­ging here all…
Josh Lam­bert
December 17, 2013
Essay

How Did You Come to Write That Book, Anyway?

Josh Lam­bert is the Aca­d­e­m­ic Direc­tor of the Yid­dish Book Cen­ter and as Vis­it­ing Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mass­a­chu­setts, Amherst.…
Josh Lam­bert
December 16, 2013
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Non­fic­tion
The Lit­er­ary Mafia: Jews, Pub­lish­ing, and Post­war Amer­i­can Literature
Josh Lam­bert
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Fic­tion
How Yid­dish Changed Amer­i­ca and How Amer­i­ca Changed Yiddish
Ilan Sta­vans
Josh Lam­bert
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Non­fic­tion
Unclean Lips: Jews, Obscen­i­ty, and Amer­i­can Culture
Josh Lambert
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Non­fic­tion
Amer­i­can Jew­ish Fic­tion: A JPS Guide
Josh Lambert
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Fic­tion
In the Land of the Living
Austin Ratner
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Non­fic­tion
Argu­ing The Mod­ern Jew­ish Canon: Essays on Lit­er­a­ture and Cul­ture in Hon­or of Ruth R. Wisse
Justin Cammy, Dara Horn, Alyssa Quint, and Rachel Rubinstein, eds.
Interview—From the Journal

The Endurance of Yid­dish: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Ilan Sta­vans and Josh Lambert

Ilan Sta­vans, Josh Lam­bert
January 13, 2020

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