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Essay Finding a Tradition of His Own: A Southern Outsider by Beth KissileffSteve Stern’s most recent collection, The Book of Mischief, was published in September 2012 by Graywolf Press.Steve Stern is, in my opinion, the best… Beth Kissileff February 7, 2013
Essay From Stanislawow to Beach Music Cliff Graubart is the author of The Curious Vision of Sammy Levitt and Other Stories (Mercer University Press, 2012). He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book… Cliff Graubart January 7, 2013
Essay Is There a Jewish Literary Renaissance? Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His most recent books are the collection of essays Singer’s Typewriter… Ilan Stavans December 24, 2012
Essay Sports Is Like Hollywood: They’re Both Jewish! Marc Tracy is the co-editor of the new book Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.In… Marc Tracy November 13, 2012
Nonfiction Race, Rights, & Recognition: Jewish American Literature since 1969 Dean J. Franco
Nonfiction And Rachel Stole the Idols: The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Women’s Writing Wendy I. Zierler
Nonfiction Stories of Heaven and Earth: Bible Heroes in Contemporary Children’s Literature Hara E. Person and Diane G. Person
Nonfiction Telling the Little Secrets: American Jewish Writing Since the 1980’s Janet Handler Burstein
Essay Jewish People and Books Earlier this week, Yehuda Kurtzer wrote about a recent Commentary article by Jack Wertheimer and the transmission of memory. He has been blogging here all week… Yehuda Kurtzer June 8, 2012
Nonfiction The Association of Jewish Libraries Guide to Yiddish Short Stories Bennett Muraskin
Fiction Scribblers on the Roof: Contemporary American Jewish Fiction Melvin Jules Bukiet; David G. Roskies, eds.
Nonfiction The Jewish Story Finder: A Guide To 363 Tales Listing Subjects and Sources Sharon Barcan Elswit
Nonfiction Jewish Writing and the Deep Places of the Imagination Mark Krupnick; Jean K. Carney; Mark Shechner, eds.
Nonfiction The Jewish Values Finder: A Guide to Values in Jewish Children’s Literature Linda R. Silver, for the Association of Jewish Libraries
