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Essay A Tale of Two Cities: From London to New York We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the past several weeks, we shared their responses:Digging Deep… Francesca Segal May 29, 2013 Essay When 50 Happens to Good People: Part One Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gurwitch is the author of two books—You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book single Autumn Leaves (available from… Annabelle Gurwitch May 28, 2013 Essay The Mystery of the Hebrew Detective: The Investigation Begins Yesterday, D. A. Mishani wondered why it’s so difficult to write a detective in Hebrew. His first detective novel, The Missing File, was published by… D. A. Mishani May 28, 2013 Essay D. A. Mishani and the Mystery of the Hebrew Detective D. A. Mishani is an Israeli crime writer, editor, and literary scholar, specializing in the history of detective fiction. His first detective novel, The Missing… D. A. Mishani May 27, 2013 Essay Joanna Hershon on Assimilation and Romanticizing the Past Earlier this week, Joanna Hershon wrote about an insult and a memorial service she attended for a friend’s father. Her new novel, A Dual… Joanna Hershon May 24, 2013 Recommended Reading The Jews of Poland: Recollections and Recipes by Edouard de Pomiane Last week, Rebecca Miller wrote about Gluckel of Hameln. She has been sharing texts that shed light on the history of Jewish life in France, the setting of her new… Rebecca Miller May 23, 2013 Pagination Previous page Newer Current page345 Next page Older Pagination First page 1 … Page343 Page344 Current page345 Page346 Page347 … Last page 495
Essay A Tale of Two Cities: From London to New York We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the past several weeks, we shared their responses:Digging Deep… Francesca Segal May 29, 2013
Essay When 50 Happens to Good People: Part One Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gurwitch is the author of two books—You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book single Autumn Leaves (available from… Annabelle Gurwitch May 28, 2013
Essay The Mystery of the Hebrew Detective: The Investigation Begins Yesterday, D. A. Mishani wondered why it’s so difficult to write a detective in Hebrew. His first detective novel, The Missing File, was published by… D. A. Mishani May 28, 2013
Essay D. A. Mishani and the Mystery of the Hebrew Detective D. A. Mishani is an Israeli crime writer, editor, and literary scholar, specializing in the history of detective fiction. His first detective novel, The Missing… D. A. Mishani May 27, 2013
Essay Joanna Hershon on Assimilation and Romanticizing the Past Earlier this week, Joanna Hershon wrote about an insult and a memorial service she attended for a friend’s father. Her new novel, A Dual… Joanna Hershon May 24, 2013
Recommended Reading The Jews of Poland: Recollections and Recipes by Edouard de Pomiane Last week, Rebecca Miller wrote about Gluckel of Hameln. She has been sharing texts that shed light on the history of Jewish life in France, the setting of her new… Rebecca Miller May 23, 2013
