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    Historical Fiction

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    Trav­el­ing Back in Time, Writ­ing a Prequel

    This week, Pam Jenoff, the author of six nov­els blogs for The Post­script on writ­ing a pre­quel to her first nov­el, The Kom­man­dan­t’s Girl. The…
    Pam Jenoff
    August 7, 2013
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    Fic­tion
    Anna’s Dance: A Balkan Odyssey
    Michele Levy
    Essay

    Writ­ing What You’ve Nev­er Seen: Jan­ice Weiz­man and His­tor­i­cal Fiction

    Ear­li­er this week, Jan­ice Weiz­man wrote about the bil­dungsro­man and the Jew­ish woman. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
    Jan­ice Weizman
    June 5, 2013
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    Chil­dren’s
    Her Moth­er’s Secret
    Barbara Garland Polikoff
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    Fic­tion
    Mon­ti­cel­lo: A Borscht Belt Catskills Tale
    Elliot Udell
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    Fic­tion
    After Anat­ev­ka
    Mitchell Bard
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    Fic­tion
    The Numis­ma­tist’s Wife
    Dahlia Japhet
    Cover of City of Flickering Light: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    City of Flick­er­ing Light: A Novel
    Juli­ette Fay
    Cover of The Lost Girls of Paris
    Fic­tion
    The Lost Girls of Paris
    Pam Jenoff
    Cover of The Nice Little Blonde Girl: A Lily Kovner Jewish Miss Marple Novel
    Fic­tion
    The Nice Lit­tle Blonde Girl: A Lily Kovn­er Jew­ish Miss Marple Novel
    Lin­da Frank
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    Poet­ry
    Deaf Repub­lic
    Ilya Kaminsky
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    Fic­tion
    Bit­ter­sweet Brook­lyn: A Novel
    Thel­ma Adams
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    Chil­dren’s
    Chelm for the Holidays
    Valerie Estelle Frankel
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    Fic­tion
    The Last Train to Lon­don: A Novel
    Meg Waite Clayton
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    The Orphan’s Song
    Lau­ren Kate
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    Fic­tion
    The Paris Photo
    Jane Gabin
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