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Interview Famous Roots: An Interview With My Babbi and Zayde Earlier this week, Royal Young wrote about his parents’ reaction to his debut memoir Fame Shark. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Royal Young June 11, 2013
Interview An Interview with Naomi Alderman by Ada BrunsteinNaomi Alderman was a finalist for the 2007 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and is a Sami Rohr Prize Literary Institute fellow.… Ada Brunstein May 3, 2013
Interview Interview: Helene Wecker by Dani CrickmanHelene Wecker is the author of the The Golem and the Jinni. The debut novel follows the converging stories of two mythical creatures who must find their… Dani Crickman April 30, 2013
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Asaf Schurr Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOver the past month, we’ve introduced you to to Stuart Nadler, Shani Boianjiu, Ben Lerner, and Francesca Segal. Today we introduce you… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 8, 2013
Interview A Kvetchy Correspondence Between February 15, 2013 and March 10, 2013, Allison Amend and Austin Ratner, two members of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize “class,” discussed literary fiction in society,… Allison Amend, Austin Ratner April 8, 2013
