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Essay What Are the Three Weeks, Anyway? Dr. Erica Brown is the author of In the Narrow Places, a daily meditation for each day of the Three Weeks. She will be blogging all week… Erica Brown July 18, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Story “Houses” Earlier this week, Galit and Gilad Seliktar shared the making of the first story and the second story in Farm 54. In… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 15, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Story “Spanish Perfume” On Monday, Galit and Gilad Seliktar shared the making of the first story in Farm 54, “The Substitute Lifeguard.” Today, they share… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 13, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Graphic Novel The graphic novel Farm 54 is based on three stories written by Galit Seliktar. The stories were first published in Israeli literary magazines and then… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 11, 2011
Essay Making it “True” On Tuesday, Evan Fallenberg explored writing elaborate lies with convincing details. Today, he further explores how much of his fiction is “true”.“How much of my… Evan Fallenberg July 7, 2011
Essay Elaborate Lies with Convincing Details Evan Fallenberg is the author of When We Danced on Water, a novel. He will be blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book… Evan Fallenberg July 5, 2011