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Essay Imagining Buddy & Holly The following is a redacted version of My Father’s Guitar and Other Imaginary Things: True Stories author Joseph Skibell original essay for Jewish Book… Joseph Skibell October 30, 2015
Essay ‘Slice It Thin’ by Sylvia Leland and Other Imaginary Books The following is a redacted version of Joseph Skibell’s original essay for Jewish Book Council. He is blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe… Joseph Skibell October 27, 2015
Essay In Praise of Imaginary Things The following is a redacted version of My Father’s Guitar and Other Imaginary Things: True Stories author Joseph Skibell’s original essay for Jewish Book… Joseph Skibell October 26, 2015
Essay Go by the Country Earlier this week, Rita Lakin shared what inspired her comedy mystery novels about 80-year-olds solving crime in Florida. She is blogging here all week as part of the… Rita Lakin October 21, 2015
Essay Getting Old Can Kill You Rita Lakin brings her 25 years of experience working in television — the subject of her memoir, The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes in My Life and Career as… Rita Lakin October 19, 2015
Essay What’s a Book? Dr. Ron Wolfson is Fingerhut Professor of Education, American Jewish University. His new book, The Best Boy in the United States of America: A Memoir of… Ron Wolfson October 16, 2015