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Essay What We Talk About When We Talk About Book Dedications David Samuel Levinson’s stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, West Branch, and the Brooklyn Review, among others. He lives in New York City. Antonia Lively Breaks the… David Samuel Levinson June 4, 2013
Essay Making the Invisible Visible: The Bildungsroman and the Jewish Woman Janice Weizman was born in Toronto, and moved to Israel at the age of nineteen. She is a graduate of the Creative Writing program at Bar-Ilan University, where… Janice Weizman June 3, 2013
Essay Introducing Inspector Avraham Avraham Today on the Visiting Scribe, D. A. Mishani continues with his series “The Mystery of the Hebrew Detective,” where he has been investigating why it’s so difficult to… D. A. Mishani May 31, 2013
Essay When 50 Happens to Good People: Part Two Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gurwitch is the author of two books—You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book single Autumn Leaves (available… Annabelle Gurwitch May 30, 2013
Essay Can a Policeman be an Israeli Hero? Today on the Visiting Scribe, D. A. Mishani continues with his series “The Mystery of the Hebrew Detective,” where he has been investigating why it’s so difficult to… D. A. Mishani May 30, 2013
Essay A Tale of Two Cities: From London to New York We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the past several weeks, we shared their responses:Digging Deep… Francesca Segal May 29, 2013
