Aleksandar Hemon

Aleksandar Hemon

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Posted on July 15, 2008 by Steve Pollak

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 →

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Steve Pollak

The acclaimed Bosnian-American writer Aleksandar Hemon is not Jewish but something about the little-known story of Lazarus Averbuch — a Jew who was murdered by Chicago's chief of police in 1908 — grabbed his attention and became the focus of … Continue reading →

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