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Essay The Stories that Don’t Make It Yesterday, Stuart Nadler blogged for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning‘s Visiting Scribe about casting off one’s… Stuart Nadler September 27, 2011
Essay What’s in a Name? On Monday, Wayne Hoffman wrote about a funny thing.When it comes to a novel, what’s in a name? There are often dozens of characters in a novel,… Wayne Hoffman August 30, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Story “Houses” Earlier this week, Galit and Gilad Seliktar shared the making of the first story and the second story in Farm 54. In… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 15, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Story “Spanish Perfume” On Monday, Galit and Gilad Seliktar shared the making of the first story in Farm 54, “The Substitute Lifeguard.” Today, they share… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 13, 2011
Essay Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Graphic Novel The graphic novel Farm 54 is based on three stories written by Galit Seliktar. The stories were first published in Israeli literary magazines and then… Galit Seliktar, Gilad Seliktar July 11, 2011
Essay Making it “True” On Tuesday, Evan Fallenberg explored writing elaborate lies with convincing details. Today, he further explores how much of his fiction is “true”.“How much of my… Evan Fallenberg July 7, 2011
Essay Elaborate Lies with Convincing Details Evan Fallenberg is the author of When We Danced on Water, a novel. He will be blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book… Evan Fallenberg July 5, 2011
Essay The Voice On Monday, David Albahari explained the motive behind the madness of one-paragraph novels. He will be blogging all week for the Visiting Scribe.I… David Albahari June 22, 2011
Essay One-Paragraph Novels David Albahari is the Serbian-born Canadian author, most recently, of the novel Leeches. The book is a feat of magic,… David Albahari June 20, 2011
Essay May You Be Who You Are Haley Tanner‘s debut novel, Vaclav and Lena, is now available. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Haley Tanner May 31, 2011
Essay Campy Lizards, or, A Look Back to My Literary Beginnings Earlier this week, C. Alexander London wrote about being an accidental adventurer and sequels and the Torah.In honor of the end of Book… Charles London May 27, 2011
Essay My First Writing Teacher Molly Birnbaum is the author of Season to Taste: How I Lost my Sense of Smell and Found My Way. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Molly Birnbaum May 9, 2011
Essay Patricide, Photography, and Audrey Hepburn On Monday, Austin Ratner wrote about Hillel sandwiches. His first book, The Jump Artist, is the winner of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… Austin Ratner April 13, 2011
Essay The Poetry Writing Process Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. In her earlier post, she wrote about the origin of Russian for Lovers. She will… Marina Blitshteyn April 6, 2011
Essay A Birthday and An Anniversary: A Book and Its Inspiration On Monday, Erika Dreifus discussed her upcoming panel at AWP, “Beyond Bagels and Lox.” She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Erika Dreifus January 19, 2011
Essay Jewish-American Literature as Multicultural Literature Erika Dreifus January 17, 2011
