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A Sacred Space

Ear­li­er this week, Michael Gold­ing wrote about the fears and splen­dor of return­ing to Israel 27 years after his last vis­it. With the pub­li­ca­tion of his lat­est…
Michael Gold­ing
October 8, 2015
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No Fear on Israeli Soil

Michael Gold­ing is the author of the nov­els Sim­ple Prayers, Benjamin’s Gift, and A Poet of the Invis­i­ble World, now out from Pic­a­dor. He will be blog­ging here all…
Michael Gold­ing
October 7, 2015
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Com­ic Books Are More Than Superheroes

Ear­li­er this week, Julian Voloj shared the sto­ry behind Ghet­to Broth­er: War­rior to Peace­mak­er, his non­fic­tion graph­ic nov­el about the 1971 Hoe Avenue peace meet­ing…
Julian Voloj
October 7, 2015
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Dis­cov­er­ing the Nuy­or­i­can Mar­ra­no Ghet­to Broth­er Ben­ji Melendez

Julian Voloj is the author of Ghet­to Broth­er: War­rior to Peace­mak­er, a non­fic­tion graph­ic nov­el about the 1971 Hoe Avenue peace meet­ing bro­kered by the Ghet­to…
Julian Voloj
October 5, 2015
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Yad­da, Yad­da, Yadda…

Emi­ly Liebert is the author of Those Secrets We Keep, a nov­el of the unrav­el­ing of friend­ships, rela­tion­ships, and assump­tions between three women, and will be…
Emi­ly Liebert
September 28, 2015
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The Answer Is the Question

Ear­li­er this week, Leah Lax wrote about Glo­ria Steinem named her book. The author of Uncov­ered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Final­ly Came Home, she has been blog­ging…
Leah Lax
September 18, 2015
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