News and commentary posted in the Author Interviews section of Jewish Literary Review.
December 12, 2009
In this video, E.L. Doctorow discusses his sources of inspiration as well as his newest novel, Homer & Langley.
November 12, 2009
In this video, Riz Khan interviews Elie Wiesel and asks him about the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, about his life growing up in a small Romanian town and about his time in Auschwitz.
October 22, 2009
In this video, Tina Brown interviews Philip Roth and asks him about Portnoy’s Complaint, the 1969 book that brought the author widespread critical and commercial success. Roth says he has no regrets in writing or publishing the book and that … Continue reading
April 16, 2009
On Tuesday, people around the world will observe Holocaust Remembrance Day or Yom HaShoah. To mark the occasion around these parts, I’d like to present this interview I conducted with author Charles S. Weinblatt. Mr. Weinblatt’s recent book, “Jacob’s Courage,” … Continue reading
August 13, 2008
Here’s a clip from an Italian documentary that came out in 1983. In it, author Primo Levi returns to Auschwitz.
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
February 14, 2008
Earlier this week, the Jewish Book Council announced the winner of the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Lucette Lagnado, a former editor at the Forward and currently an investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal, won the prize … Continue reading
February 14, 2008
Last month, I wrote a review of Ehud Havazelet’s “Bearing the Body.” I was so intrigued by the novel that I decided to follow up with the author to ask a few questions about how he writes and about the … Continue reading
February 10, 2008
Ilan Stavans, the author of “On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language” and the editor of “The Schocken Book of Modern Sephardic Literature” and “The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories,” spoke with the New York Times last week. Here's what … 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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