May 30, 2008
As an investigative journalist in New York City, Marie Brenner (pictured right) certainly faced a lot of tough assignments in her career. As a writer at large for Vanity Fair magazine, she penned a 1996 exposé about the tobacco industry … Continue reading
May 29, 2008
Benjamin Taylor’s new novel, “The Book of Getting Even,” came out earlier this month and it has received mostly good reviews. For those of you who are not familiar with Taylor, he won accolades from the Jewish and gay communities … Continue reading
May 28, 2008
Doubleday recently acquired world English rights to Norman Podhoretz’s forthcoming book, “Why Jews Are Liberals.” Podhoretz, the prominent neoconservative thinker who served as editor-in-chief of Commentary magazine from 1960 through 1995 and continues to serve as the magazine’s editor-at-large, has … Continue reading
May 27, 2008
Louis Ferrante made a lot of bad decisions in his life. But he made one very smart choice after being released from prison in December of 2006. A life-long wiseguy who served time for racketeering, armed robbery and credit card … Continue reading
May 23, 2008
I suppose Jean Moorcroft Wilson intended the double entendre in the title of her new book, “Isaac Rosenberg: the making of a Great War poet.” Rosenberg, pictured right, was considered by many to be a ‘great’ war poet as well … Continue reading
May 18, 2008
On Sunday, The New York Times ran a review of Israeli writer Etgar Keret's new story collection, “The Girl on the Fridge.” For purposes of this book, 'new' does not mean newly written. The Times' reviewer, novelist Joseph Weisberg, notes … Continue reading
May 15, 2008
Whenever I write a book review, I try to come up with a catchy lede. The idea is to lure you in so that you'll read all the way to the end and I will have communicated my point about … Continue reading
May 14, 2008
The Spring 2008 edition of The Paris Review features a ‘lost interview‘ with the late short-story writer Leonard Michaels. While often compared to the likes of other great Jewish writers such as Grace Paley and Philip Roth, Michaels is not … Continue reading
May 13, 2008
On the advice of my Parisian uncle, I plan on reading Tatiana de Rosnay‘s novel, “Sarah’s Key.” The book has gotten a lot of buzz on the international scene in the last year and I believe St. Martin’s Press will … Continue reading
May 12, 2008
I'm having a hard time conceiving of what a 'Yiddish-Irish' brogue would even sound like. But it's apparently something that's been heard in Chippewa Lake, Ohio, of all places. Here's more from an essay written by Sean Martin, associate curator … 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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