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Essay The Difficulty of Naming Cats…and Characters This week, Anne Cherian, the author of The Invitation blogs for The Postscript on how to find the right names for her characters. The Postscript series is… Anne Cherian July 16, 2013
Essay Not All Autobiographical Elements Are Created Equal Ilan Mochari’s novel, Zinsky the Obscure (Fomite Press), is now available. He is Chief Writer for The Build Network and a contributor to Cognoscenti, the online… Ilan Mochari July 8, 2013
Interview Interview: Jay Neugeboren by Beth KissileffI recently had an opportunity to speak with veteran author Jay Neugeboren by phone for Jewish Book Council. This was appropriate because the ability… Beth Kissileff June 18, 2013
Essay Living in Hebrew, Thinking in Aramaic, Writing in English Earlier this week, Janice Weizman wrote about writing historical fiction and the bildungsroman and the Jewish woman. She has been blogging here all week for Jewish… Janice Weizman June 7, 2013
Essay On Writing a Novel About The Act of Writing a Novel Earlier this week, David Samuel Levinson wrote about the beautiful catastrophe that is New York City and dedicating his first novel, Antonia Lively Breaks the… David Samuel Levinson June 6, 2013
Essay Writing What You’ve Never Seen: Janice Weizman and Historical Fiction Earlier this week, Janice Weizman wrote about the bildungsroman and the Jewish woman. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Janice Weizman June 5, 2013
Essay What We Talk About When We Talk About Book Dedications David Samuel Levinson’s stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, West Branch, and the Brooklyn Review, among others. He lives in New York City. Antonia Lively Breaks the… David Samuel Levinson June 4, 2013
Essay A Tale of Two Cities: From London to New York We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the past several weeks, we shared their responses:Digging Deep… Francesca Segal May 29, 2013
Essay Shani Boianjiu on Writing Forever Stories We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the next several weeks, we’ll share their responses. Today, Shani… Shani Boianjiu May 9, 2013
Essay Asaf Schurr on Writing a Rooster We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the next several weeks, we’ll share their responses. Today, Asaf… Asaf Schurr May 6, 2013
Essay On Writing a Novel in Two Cultures Earlier this week, Helene Wecker wrote about Dorkdom and writing while Jewish. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Helene Wecker April 24, 2013
Essay The Most Jewish Thing I Do Helene Wecker’s debut novel The Golem and the Jinni is now available. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.When… Helene Wecker April 23, 2013
Essay Almost Jewish Earlier this week, Allison Amend wrote about the Jewish connection to art. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.So why… Allison Amend April 17, 2013
Interview A Kvetchy Correspondence Between February 15, 2013 and March 10, 2013, Allison Amend and Austin Ratner, two members of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize “class,” discussed literary fiction in society,… Allison Amend, Austin Ratner April 8, 2013
Essay The Nuts and Bolts of Writing Earlier this week, Jessica Soffer wrote about learning to breathe and a precious treat from the Passover seder plate. She has been blogging here all week for… Jessica Soffer March 29, 2013
