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Interview—From the Journal

An Editor’s Jour­ney: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Altie Karper

Car­ol Kaufman
March 25, 2024
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Fic­tion
Blank
Zib­by Owens
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On Czesław Miłosz: Visions from the Oth­er Europe
Eva Hoff­man
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Non­fic­tion
Writ­ings on Yid­dish and Yid­dishkayt: The War Years, 1939 – 1945
Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.
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Bert Mey­ers: On the Life and Work of an Amer­i­can Master
Daniel Levin and Adele Elise Wiliams, eds.
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Haim Watz­man
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Cas­san­dra Clare
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Uwe Wittstock; Daniel Bowles, trans.
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