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Autobiography & Memoir

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Always a Brides­maid (for Hire)
Jen Glantz
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Non­fic­tion
My Jew­ish Year: 18 Hol­i­days, One Won­der­ing Jew
Abi­gail Pogrebin
Essay

Ernes­tine Rose, Juden­schmerz, and Me

Bon­nie S. Anderson
January 27, 2017
Essay

How Jew­ish Was Ernes­tine Rose?

Bon­nie S. Anderson
January 25, 2017
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Non­fic­tion
Walk­ing Since Daybreak
Modris Eksteins
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Non­fic­tion
Nec­es­sary Mourning
Dahlia Abraham-Klein
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Non­fic­tion
The Girls of Usually
Lori Horvitz
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Non­fic­tion
Maman
Moris K. Niknam
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Play­ing Scared: A His­to­ry and Mem­oir of Stage Fright
Sara Solovitch
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My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams
Essay

I’m an Irish Molly

Mol­ly Peacock
January 3, 2017
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High Hol­i­day Porn
Eytan Bayme
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An Amer­i­can Indi­an Guide to the Day of Atonement
Emi­ly Bowen Cohen
Essay

Writ­ing About My Friends and Relatives

Ear­li­er this week, Andrea Simon wrote about trans­form­ing her fam­i­ly mem­oir into a nov­el and the research she puts into fic­tion writ­ing—par­tic­u­lar­ly for her new…
Andrea Simon
December 5, 2016
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Turned Inside Out: Read­ing the Russ­ian Nov­el in Prison
Steven Shankman
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Run­ning the Books
Avi Stein­berg
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