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Essay—From the Journal Papa Stalin and the Happy Family On Communist Yiddish children’s books in the Soviet Union and United States. Miriam Udel April 29, 2019
Interview Interview: Joseph Kanon by Elise CooperLeaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon is a gripping historical thriller. The book’s plot takes place in Berlin four years after the end of World War II.… Elise Cooper August 11, 2015
Essay Red Love and Betrayed Ideals David Evanier has published seven books and has received the Aga Khan Fiction Prize and the McGinnis-Ritchie Short Fiction Award. He was the founding editor of the… David Evanier November 25, 2013
Nonfiction Dreams of Nationhood: American Jewish Communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan Project, 1924 – 1951 Henry Felix Srebrnik
Recommended Reading Imre Kertesz’s “Fiasco” Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterMelville House is publishing Imre Kertész’s Fiasco later this month. Considered to be the “untranslated “missing” book from… Naomi Firestone-Teeter March 17, 2011
