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Inter­view: Ofir Touche Gafla

by Beth KissileffJew­ish Book Coun­cil recent­ly had the chance to speak by Skype with Ofir Touché Gafla, whose first nov­el, The World of the End (Tor Books), was…
Beth Kissileff
August 27, 2013
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A South­ern Jew­ish Superhero

Slash Cole­man is the author of The Bohemi­an Love Diaries, the per­son­al per­spec­tives blog­ger for Psy­chol­o­gy Today, and an advice colum­nist at how​doi​date​.com (Ask…
Slash Cole­man
August 27, 2013
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The Gold­en Child

Lau­ren Grod­stein​’s books include the nov­els The Expla­na­tion for Every­thing, A Friend of the Fam­i­ly, and Repro­duc­tion is the Flaw of Love and the sto­ry…
Lau­ren Grodstein
August 26, 2013
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Why Did You Mar­ry When You Knew You Were Transsexual?

This week, Joy Ladin, the author of Through the Door of Life: A Jew­ish Jour­ney Between Gen­ders blogs for The Post­script on an unan­swered ques­tion that many…
Joy Ladin
August 20, 2013
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Dear Read­er, You Are My Pre­cious Object

This week, Ali­cia Oltus­ki, the author of Pre­cious Objects: A Sto­ry of Dia­monds, Fam­i­ly and a Way of Life blogs for The Post­script on sign­ing books and an…
Ali­cia Oltuski
August 14, 2013
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August 2013 Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Staff Picks

What we’re read­ing this month:Car­olyn: In the Land of the Liv­ing (Austin Rat­ner) | Joyce: The Liars’ Gospel (Nao­mi Alderman)Nao­mi: Cur­ricu­lum Vitae (Yoel Hoff­mann) |…
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August 12, 2013
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