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Essay Lesbian-Feminist Midrash: Nice Jewish Girls Lesbian-feminist poet and scholar Julie R. Enszer blogs this week for The ProsenPeople on the seminal Jewish lesbian voices of the previous generation and the… Julie R. Enszer November 13, 2013
Excerpt A Poem: The Quantum Rabbi A poem from the recently published To Sing Away the Darkest Days: Poems Re-imagined from Yiddish Folksongs (Holland Park Press), a new poetry collection from… Norbert Hirschhorn August 28, 2013
Essay Ben Lerner: Working Against the Image of the Conventional Novel We prompted this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about “how they came to write their book.” Over the next several weeks, we’ll share their responses. Today, Ben… Ben Lerner May 14, 2013
Nonfiction Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters Robert Pinsky
Essay The Genesis of “The Jewish Furrier” in “The Prince of Tides” Earlier this week, Cliff Graubart wrote about higher education and his father and Pat Conroy. He has been blogging here for Jewish Book Council and… Cliff Graubart January 11, 2013
Essay The Truth About Motherhood Earlier this week, Stefanie Pervos Bregman, the editor of Living Jewishly, wrote about engaging 20- and 30- somethings in the Jewish world and Rabbi Jason Miller… Rivka Nehorai October 18, 2012
Essay October Mourning and Tikkun Olam Lesléa Newman is the author of 60 books including her most recent book, October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. She is blogging here today for Jewish Book… Lesléa Newman October 3, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Approaching You in English Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterApproaching You in English, the first book to appear in English by noted Israeli poet Admiel Kosman, was published last year by… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 5, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: In Beauty Bright Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterNational Jewish Book Award Winner Gerald Stern’s latest collection of poetry will be published next month by W. W. Norton: … Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 9, 2012
Recommended Reading Love & Death: Greatest Hits Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLove & Death: Greatest Hits, which was published by Tres Chicas Books in 2011, is a collaboration between… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 8, 2012
