August 24, 2010
Elie Wiesel’s new book, The Sonderberg Case, comes out today in hardcover. In this latest work from the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor, Wiesel explores themes that will be familiar to many of his readers: memory and justice. … Continue reading
August 2, 2010
I’ve been a fan of Rachel Shukert ever since I read her piece on Salon.com about how Rock Band saved her marriage. Like that piece, the title of her new book is also rather tongue-in-cheek. Everything is Going to be … Continue reading
July 29, 2010
There are very few poets — if any — who have attained the level of success of Joseph Brodsky. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1991 to 1992. He received a John D. and Catherine T. … Continue reading
April 29, 2009
This week’s edition of The New Yorker had a brief item about “Wandering Stars,” a novel by Shalom Aleichem that previously was available only as an abridged version. Here’s more: Best known for his stories of Tevye the Milkman, a … Continue reading
April 23, 2009
A new book on Isaac Rosenfeld, Steven J. Zipperstein’s “Rosenfeld’s Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing,” suggests that the late writer may have accomplished more than what the critics have given him credit for. Yes, he died at … Continue reading
April 14, 2009
Syracuse University Press will continue its series “Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art” with the publication of “Language, Absence, Play,” a new book that takes a close reading of S.Y. Agnon's work. Agnon, one of the foremost writers of … Continue reading
April 8, 2009
Had to bring this one to our readers' attention. This is from the JTA: In May, Koren Publishers Jerusalem will release the first English edition of its popular Hebrew siddur featuring a commentary and translation by the chief rabbi of … Continue reading
July 9, 2008
If Rachel Shukert's new book is as good as her recent Salon.com essay about how the video game “Rock Band” saved her marriage then I think we can expect big things from this first-time author. She's a fun, witty writer … Continue reading
June 23, 2008
It's not every day that a writer has their first novel reviewed in The New Yorker — by James Wood, no less. But that's the kind of critical reception Rivka Galchen has received for her debut novel, Atmospheric Disturbances. She's … Continue reading
June 20, 2008
Philip Roth‘s new novel, Indignation, will not appear in stores until this fall. But advance copies of the book went out to critics in April and this fact has Harper’s Magazine contributing editor Wyatt Mason thinking about how it will … Continue reading
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