November 30, 2007
Argentine poet Juan Gelman on Thursday receieved the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's top literary award. Gelman, who turned 77 this year, has published more than 20 books. According to the Associated Press article about the award, his poetry explores … Continue reading
November 30, 2007
Time for our monthly look at the bestselling Jewish books on Amazon. All of these results are as of this morning, November 30. Amazon says they update the bestselling results each hour but, as I’ve said in the past, I … Continue reading
November 28, 2007
As I rooted around the Web for something to post today, I came across this book excerpt in the most recent issue of Pakn Treger, the magazine of the National Yiddish Book Center. The excerpt comes from a new translation … Continue reading
November 27, 2007
When I first heard about Max Apple's “The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories,” I thought it might be a book about Bernie Marcus or Arthur Blank. But, after reading the L.A. Times review of this book of short … Continue reading
November 26, 2007
We here at Jewish Literary Review love free books. We also love to let our readers know how they can get them. Here’s the scoop this time: if you’ve got children between the ages of one and six, you can … Continue reading
November 26, 2007
Why does Philip Roth infuse his books with veiled autobiographical references and then rebuke readers and critics for trying to connect the dots between his fiction and his real life? That’s one of the vexing central questions of this remarkable … Continue reading
November 22, 2007
I typically stay away from politics on this blog but I found two well written essays that I enjoyed reading and I believe they balance each other out politically. Even though they come from differing political perspectives, both share a … Continue reading
November 21, 2007
There were quite a few Jewish Literary Review alums who made the New York Times list of “100 Notable Books of the Year.” The Times mentioned several books previously discussed or reviewed on this blog, including Michael Chabon‘s “The Yiddish … Continue reading
November 21, 2007
The Forward‘s Web site has an interesting excerpt from a new book called, “Do You Believe? Conversations on God and Religion,” by cultural critic Antonio Monda. Monda is a Catholic and he teaches film at NYU. According to the blurb … Continue reading
November 19, 2007
Just in time for the holidays, I have been given the opportunity to give away five copies of Sharon Duke Estroff's new book, “Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah?: The Essential Scoop on Raising Modern Jewish Kids.” Sharon … 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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