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Nonfiction Only As Good As Your Word: Writing Lessons From My Favorite Literary Gurus Susan Shapiro
Nonfiction The Moscow Yiddish Theater: Art on Stage in the Time of Revolution Benjamin Harshav; Benjamin and Barbara Harshav, trans.
Essay The Comedienne Earlier this week, Leigh Stein wrote about the Jewish ghost of Santa Fe and revealed one of her early aspirations: to “Be Anne Frank.” She has been blogging here… Leigh Stein February 17, 2012
Visual Arts The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats Claudia J. Nahson with Maurice Berger and Emily Casden
Nonfiction Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923 – 1939 Anna Shternshis
Nonfiction Recovering “Yiddishland”: Threshold Moments in American Literature Merle L. Bachman
Nonfiction The Literary Community: Selected Essays 1967 – 2007 Ted Solotaroff; Russell Banks, intro.
Nonfiction Past Imperfect: 318 Episodes from the Life of a Russian Artist Grisha Bruskin; Alice Nakhimovsky, trans.
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Pioneers of the Possible Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAttention beautiful book lovers: Angella Nazarian (Life as a Visitor) has a new book coming out! Her latest title,… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 24, 2012
