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Essay Beyond the Book: Vanessa Davis Responds to Art Spiegelman’s Co-Mix by Tahneer OksmanIt can be disorienting to imagine your favorite cartoonist’s works hanging in a museum. How do you preserve the intensely private and intimate… Tahneer Oksman February 12, 2014
Nonfiction Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – The Creators of Superman Brad Ricca
Nonfiction Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, and Other Female Villains Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple; Rebecca Guay, illus.
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Pascin by Joann Sfar Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJoann Sfar’s biography of the Jewish modernist painter Pascin (Julius Mordecai Pincas) will soon be available in the U.S. with… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 25, 2013
Nonfiction Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate Richard Bowers
Interview Interview: Ben Katchor and Hand-Drying in America In today’s installment of the Visiting Scribe for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning, Eddy Portnoy sat down with Ben Katchor to discuss his newest book,… Eddy Portnoy February 21, 2013