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Sacha Lamb

Sacha Lamb is the author of Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award final­ist When the Angels Left the Old Coun­try. Their next nov­el, The For­bid­den Book, is com­ing this fall from Levine Queri­do. Sacha can be found on Insta­gram at sachalamb.author. 

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‘Pasts That Are as Diverse as the Present’: A Con­ver­sa­tion between Sacha Lamb and Aden Polydoros

Sacha Lamb, Aden Poly­doros
September 19, 2022
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Where Are All the Hap­py Jew­ish Stories?

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