Shalom Auslander

News and commentary about Shalom Auslander from the archives of Jewish Literary Review.

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Posted on February 24, 2008 by Steve Pollak

One liners on Strauss, Kazin, Auslander, Mann, Bolano

A few Jewish literary items from around the Web: • In today’s edition of The Independent, William Sutcliffe reviews Shalom Auslander’s “Foreskin’s Lament,” and says that “[i]f you wish Richard Dawkins could quip like David Sedaris, then this is the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Alfred Kazin, Leo Strauss, Reva Mann, Roberto Bolano, Shalom Auslander | Leave a comment

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Schedule announced for Jewish Book Week 2008

Even though I write in English, this blog gets very few visitors from England. In fact, in the five or so months I’ve been posting regularly, I’ve received fewer than 100 visits from United Kingdom (according to my Google Analytics … Continue reading →

Posted in Jewish Books | Tagged A.J. Jacobs, Amy Bloom, Benny Morris, Daniel Mendelsohn, Michael Oren, Philip Davis, Ron Leshem, Shalom Auslander | 1 Comment

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Steve Pollak

These authors have reason to give thanks

There were quite a few Jewish Literary Review alums who made the New York Times list of “100 Notable Books of the Year.” The Times mentioned several books previously discussed or reviewed on this blog, including Michael Chabon‘s “The Yiddish … Continue reading →

Posted in Jewish Books | Tagged Dalia Sofer, Ehud Havazelet, James L. Kugel, Michael Chabon, Nathan Englander, Philip Roth, Saul Friedlander, Shalom Auslander | 4 Comments

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