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Cynthia Ozick

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Posted on January 12, 2011 by Steve Pollak

National Jewish Book Awards announced

The Jewish Book Council announced the winners of the 2010 National Jewish Book Awards yesterday. This year’s big prize went to Gal Beckerman for his well-received book on the history of the Soviet Jewry movement, When They Come For Us, … Continue reading →

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Steve Pollak

NY Times 100 notable books: The Jewish picks

It’s that time of year again: the New York Times has posted an advance copy of its 100 most notable books of 2010 on its website. The list will run in the print edition on Dec. 5, 2010. We went … Continue reading →

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Steve Pollak

Reviews of Cynthia Ozick’s ‘Foreign Bodies’

Cynthia Ozick has gotten a mixed bag of reviews for her latest book, Foreign Bodies. The novel is cast as a retelling of Henry James’ The Ambassadors. The plot in Ozick’s version mirrors the one in James’ novel but reverses … Continue reading →

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Steve Pollak

Interviews with Roth, Bellow, Singer, more

If you’ve got a few hours to spare in order to get lost online, you could do worse than to wander around in The Paris Review’s newly public Interviews section. The first issue under the new editor, Lorin Stein, just … Continue reading →

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Forthcoming Jewish books

A few interesting titles coming out in the next few months: • Cynthia Ozick has a new collection of four stories coming out in April called “Diction: A Quartet.” I’m already intrigued by the description of the title story. According … Continue reading →