News and commentary posted in the Short Stories section of Jewish Literary Review.
August 9, 2010
I’ve never seen an author market their books with as much verve and passion as Jonathan Papernick. He’s really out there selling his work – literally. According to The Milford Daily News, Papernick has begun hitting the streets and selling … Continue reading
July 15, 2008
There's a delightful podcast on The New Yorker's Web site this week in which author Aleksandar Hemon reads Bernard Malamud's short story “A Summer's Reading.” For your convenience, I've included a copy of the audio interview here: [mp3:http://downloads.newyorker.com/mp3/fiction/080721_fiction_hemon.mp3] It's an … Continue reading
June 12, 2008
The acclaimed German-Jewish writer Maxim Biller (pictured right) just had his first English-language book published. He also just had his first English-language panning of said book, compliments of The Forward's literary critic Joshua Cohen. Cohen began his review of Love … 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 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
March 5, 2008
Michael Chabon wrote an essay for the March 10 edition of The New Yorker. In it, he talks about superhero costumes and the power they have to shape young people’s ideas of themselves. As Chabon explains in the essay, he … Continue reading
January 8, 2008
E.L. Doctorow, who turned 77 on Sunday, has a short story in the January 14, 2008 issue of The New Yorker. It’s called “Wakefield,” named for the New York City lawyer who leaves his wife without actually leaving her. Instead … Continue reading
December 11, 2007
Jonathan Lethem, a guy who's writing is more nebbish than Jewish (he himself would count as both), has an interesting short story published in this week's New Yorker. The title character, the “King of Sentences,” reminds me of an older … Continue reading
July 15, 2007
My knowledge of Primo Levi had heretofore been limited to what I’d read in “The Periodic Table” and “Survival in Auschwitz,” both of which I consider first-rate memoirs. So it was with much delight that I discovered Levi’s additional range … Continue reading
May 15, 2007
In her fiction debut, Sophie Judah draws inspiration from her native India for a mixed bag of short stories depicting the slow demise of Bene Israel, a centuries-old Jewish community there. The community’s origins, Judah writes in “Dropped from Heaven,” … Continue reading
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