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Essay

On Trans­lat­ing Irène Némirovsky

San­dra Smith
November 29, 2021
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Fic­tion
The Pes­simists
Bethany Ball
Essay

Poet­ic Justice

Amy Oringel
October 19, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography
Jacques Berlinerblau
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September 17, 2021
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Fic­tion
Moshkeleh the Thief: A Redis­cov­ered Novel
Sholom Aleichem, Curt Leviant
Interview

‘A More Per­son­al Slice of Sci­ence Fiction/​Fan­ta­sy’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Lavie Tid­har and Sil­via Moreno-Garcia

Lavie Tid­har, Sil­via Moreno-Garcia
July 19, 2021
Essay

Meno­rah in the Mall: My Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty as a Flori­da Teen

Brit­tany Ackerman
June 14, 2021
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Fic­tion
Mon­key Boy
Francisco Goldman
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Find­ing Oth­er Jew­ish Les­bians in Books

Gabrielle Korn
June 3, 2021
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Fic­tion
All I Could Nev­er Be
Anzia Yezierska
Essay

This Is How a Fairy Tale Begins 

Rena Ross­ner
April 14, 2021
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Fic­tion
The Light of the Mid­night Stars
Rena Ross­ner
Interview

‘Philip Roth: The Biog­ra­phy’ — A Con­ver­sa­tion with Blake Bailey

Don­ald Weber
April 6, 2021
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Fic­tion
The Sum­mer We Found the Baby
Amy Hest
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Non­fic­tion
Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Nar­ra­tive, and Fate
Daniel Mendel­sohn
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