Monthly Archives: August 2007

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Steve Pollak

Review: ‘Away’ by Amy Bloom

Lillian Leyb, the main character in Amy Bloom’s new novel, “Away,” saw most of her family murdered in a pogrom. She leaves Russia for New York’s Lower East Side where she ekes out a living as a seamstress before she … Continue reading

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Steve Pollak

Book deal worth noting: more from Benjamin Taylor

Publishers Weekly posted an item Monday that many fans of Jewish literature will want to take note of. Benjamin Taylor, author of the 1995 novel, “Tales Out of School,” has sold the rights to his next novel to publishing house … Continue reading

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Steve Pollak

Lucette Lagnado: Viewing Old Cairo from the New World

Lucette Lagnado’s eloquent book, “The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit,” follows the arc of her father’s life. He goes from being a successful, cosmopolitan businessman who thrived on the nightlife of Old Cairo to a Brooklynite tie salesman who … Continue reading

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Steve Pollak

Jonathan Lethem and the mysteries of success

In Jonathan Lethem’s novel “You Don’t Love Me Yet,” the action centers around a Los Angeles band that catch their lucky break while playing a song they didn’t really write at a gig where they were supposed to play silently. … Continue reading

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My name is Steven H. Pollak and I have written for the Baltimore Jewish Times, the Atlanta Jewish Times, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and American Jewish Life magazine.

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