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Items with the tag:

on literature

From the Journal

The World of Aus­tralian Jew­ish Literature

Goldie Gold­bloom
April 11, 2022
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Fic­tion
The Pages
Hugo Hamilton
From the Journal

‘The Trag­ic Cir­cle and the Melior­ist Line’: A con­ver­sa­tion with Colum McCann and Joshua Cohen

Bec­ca Kantor
January 31, 2022
Essay

Com­ic Books Are Jew­ish Literature

Roy Schwartz
January 25, 2022
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Chil­dren’s
Dear Mr. Dickens
Nancy Churnin, Bethany Stancliffe (Illustrator)
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Women Writ­ing Jew­ish Moder­ni­ty, 1919 – 1939
Alli­son Schachter
Essay

A Book Hap­pened Around Me: Writ­ing ​‘These Are the Devel­op­ments of the Human’

Ethan Daniel Davidson
December 19, 2021
Essay

On Trans­lat­ing Irène Némirovsky

San­dra Smith
November 29, 2021
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Vir­tu­al Launch Par­ty for the 2022/5782 Issue of Paper Brigade

Monday, December 6, 2021
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Between the Lines: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Paper Brigade’s Editors

Wednesday, November 17, 2021
12:30–1:30pm

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Poet­ic Justice

Amy Oringel
October 19, 2021
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The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography
Jacques Berlinerblau
Essay

Wel­come to ​‘The Vil­lage Life’

Izzy Abrahm­son
October 12, 2021
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Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture: A Very Short Introduction
Ilan Sta­vans
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Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald
Carole Angier
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In Mem­o­ry of Memory
Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translator)
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