Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz Dauber

Not only has Josh Cohen’s new book Witz  received great reviews and been includ­ed on 2010 best fic­tion lists, it can even save your life! Elec­tric Lit­er­a­ture con­duct­ed an exper­i­ment to deter­mine the safest book around…and Witz is it. Watch Witz show off its superpower.

Miri joined the JBC team in Win­ter, 2004 upon grad­u­at­ing from Bran­deis Uni­ver­si­ty. Orig­i­nal­ly from Philadel­phia, she has lived and stud­ied in Israel and Lon­don. Pri­or to work­ing with JBC, she interned for the Jew­ish Pub­li­ca­tion Soci­ety. Miri now works on a vari­ety of pro­grams includ­ing JBC Book Clubs, author coach­ing for JBC Net­work, Natan Notable Books, among oth­ers. Miri lives in Man­hat­tan with her hus­band, Jere­my Dauber, and their three kids.