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Essay My Horribly Embarrassing Memo On Monday, Avi Steinberg wrote about Kafka in Tel Aviv. His first book, Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian, was just released.… Avi Steinberg December 8, 2010
Essay A Young Adult Literary Paradise Posted by Dani CrickmanHave you heard about Figment?The literary community site for teens just launched yesterday and is what The New York Times describes as… Dani Crickman December 7, 2010
Essay The Pit of Tel Aviv, A Preliminary Damage Report Avi Steinberg’s first book, Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian, is now available. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish… Avi Steinberg December 6, 2010
Essay Hello My Long Lost Friend NETWORK author Angella Nazarian shares a touching anecdote from her Jewish Book Month tour with the Jewish Book Council.When she wasn’t… Angella Nazarian November 30, 2010
Essay Not a Historical Record Earlier this week, Ruth Franklin wrote about sharing a stage with Yann Martel and discussed whether anything new can be said about the Holocaust. She… Ruth Franklin November 24, 2010