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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
Essay Is Revenge Justice? Earlier this week, Harriet Rossetto wrote about her recently published spiritual memoir Sacred Housekeeping and Beit T’Shuvah, a faith-based recovery… Harriet Rossetto December 13, 2013
Essay Happy Merry Christmas, Ma’am! On Being Jewish in a Strange Land Earlier this week, Jenny Feldon wrote about becoming an accidental housewife and how to ignore the labels. She is the author of the recently published Karma Gone Bad:… Jenny Feldon December 12, 2013
Essay You Don’t Have to Be an Addict to Be in Recovery Harriet Rossetto is a rebel spirit. She is a self-professed misfit who felt she was operating her life on the fringe. It is there that she found her fierce… Harriet Rossetto December 11, 2013
Essay How I Became an Accidental Housewife — and Ignored the Labels Jenny Feldon is the author of Karma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Mangoes, Bollywood and Water Buffalo and was named one of BlogHer’s Voices of the Year in 2012.… Jenny Feldon December 10, 2013
