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Meet­ing My Character

This week, Joan­na Her­shon, the author of A Dual Inher­i­tance (now in paper­back!) and The Ger­man Bride blogs for The Post­script on meet­ing a man who…
Joan­na Hershon
March 11, 2014
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Walls, Win­dows, Doors

Tova Mirvis is the author of three nov­els, Vis­i­ble City, The Out­side World and The Ladies Aux­il­iary, which was a nation­al best­seller. She is blog­ging here this…
Tova Mirvis
March 10, 2014
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What Would Judah Do?

Ear­li­er this week, Lau­rel Coro­na wrote about emo­tion and devel­op­ing the plot of her nov­el and her depic­tion of the mikveh in her recent­ly pub­lished nov­el The…
Lau­rel Corona
March 7, 2014
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Maybe That’s Why They Call It A Plot

Ear­li­er this week, Lau­rel Coro­na wrote about her depic­tion of the mikveh in her recent­ly pub­lished nov­el The Map­mak­er’s Daugh­ter (Source­books). She will be blog­ging…
Lau­rel Corona
March 5, 2014
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Jen­nifer Gilmore’s Newest Voice

This week, Jen­nifer Gilmore, the author of The Moth­ers, Some­thing Red, and Gold­en Coun­try blogs for The Post­script on find­ing her newest voice and a new writ­ing…
Jen­nifer Gilmore
March 4, 2014
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Immerse Your­self

Lau­rel Coro­na is a pro­fes­sor of Human­i­ties and World Reli­gions at San Diego City Col­lege. Her newest book, The Map­mak­er’s Daugh­ter, will be pub­lished tomor­row…
Lau­rel Corona
March 3, 2014
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