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Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Fairy Tales, Noir, Translations, Cooking Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn case you haven’t been following us on Twitter (or FB), we posted the 2012 National Jewish Book Award guidelines earlier this week.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter June 22, 2012
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Translations and Boundaries Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterWhile not all of this month’s offerings are translations, there are quite a few in this round’s mix, which makes JBCers… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 19, 2012
Essay The Hebrew Translator on Translation In our April JBC Bookshelf, we featured a pdf version of an article that first appeared in the summer 2007 issue of Jewish Book World. We thought it would be… Jessica Cohen April 19, 2012
Fiction Suddenly, a Knock at the Door Etgar Keret; Nathan Englander, Miriam Shlesinger, Sondra Silverston, trans.
Essay Book Cover of the Week: Second Person Singular Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterComing in April from Grove Press:Acclaimed novelist Sayed Kashua, the creator of the groundbreaking Israeli sitcom, “Arab Labor,”… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 7, 2012
Poetry With an Iron Pen: Twenty Years of Hebrew Protest Poetry Tal Nitzan and Rachel Tzvia Back, eds.
