Quiet Americans has been named a 2012 Sophie Brody Medal Honor Title (American Library Association). It has also been recognized as a “Top Book” (Shelf Unbound magazine) and honored as a “Notable Book” (The Jewish Journal) for 2011.
March 2012
Friday, March 23: At the Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, Va.), Erika will be one of the panelists discussing “The Art of Short Fiction.”
April 2012
Sunday, April 15: City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (N.Y.), “My German-Jewish Grandparents and Third-Generation Preoccupations: History, Healing, and Happily Ever After?”
Monday, April 23: Private classroom visit, Baruch College of The City University of New York.
Past Events
January 2012: Erika/My Machberet hosted the January 2012 Jewish Book Carnival.
December 2011: (Local broadcasts vary) Erika’s short story, “Fidelis,” is read by Susan Stamberg and featured as part of the annual “Hanukkah Lights” broadcast on National Public Radio.
Friday, November 18: Temple B’nai Jeshurun (N.J.), “Why Is This Jewish-American Writer Different from (Some) Other Jewish-American Writers?”
Sunday, November 13: Jewish Historical Society of New York, “Looking Backward: History, the Holocaust, and Literary Writing in the Third Generation.”
Friday, August 3: “The Submission Mission” Monthly Chat on SheWrites.com. Erika guest-hosted a chat on contests, grants, fellowships, and residencies for writers.
Thursday, June 30: Manhattanville College Summer Writers’ Week (Purchase, N.Y.): Erika led a session on the subject of “Social Media Strategies for Writers.”
Wednesday, June 15: Erika/My Machberet blog hosted the June 2011 Jewish Book Carnival.
Wednesday, May 18: Erika visited (via telephone) with a synagogue book group to discuss Quiet Americans. (Want to invite Erika to participate in your book club’s meeting? Please click here.)
Thursday, May 5: Conference on German-Speaking Jews in New York City: Their Immigration and Lasting Presence (Baruch College of The City University of New York & The Leo Baeck Institute).
Saturday, April 30: Grub Street, Inc., Muse & the Marketplace Conference (Boston).
Tuesday, April 12: Jewish Book Council Twitter Book Club Chat: Read the transcript of our lively online discussion.
Sunday, April 10: Sunday Salon Reading Series (New York; enjoy a video snippet).
Saturday, March 26: Girl Talk: A Poetry Reading in Celebration of Women’s History Month (West Caldwell, N.J.)
Sunday, February 6: National Museum of American Jewish Military History (Washington, D.C.). Reading from and discussion of Quiet Americans.
February 2-5, 2011: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference (Washington, D.C.)
- Thursday, February 3: “Beyond Bagels and Lox: Jewish-American Fiction in the 21st Century” Erika Dreifus, Andrew Furman, Kevin Haworth, Margot Singer, Anna Solomon
- Friday, February 4: Quiet Americans book-signing Hosted by Fiction Writers Review from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the FWR Bookfair location.
- Saturday, February 5: “Finding and Creating Online Teaching Opportunities—and Sustaining and Succeeding in Them” Erika Dreifus, Sage Cohen, Andrew Gray, Chloe’ Yelena Miller, Michael Morse, Scott Warnock
Wednesday, January 19-Saturday, February 19: Additional Goodreads & Facebook giveaways.
Wednesday January 19, 2011: Quiet Americans was released!
Week of January 17: Winter Blog Tour launched. Details & itinerary here
Wednesday, December 1-Sunday, December 19, 2010: The first Quiet Americans giveaway on Goodreads (three copies!) took place. Two more copies went to fans of our Facebook page!
Wednesday, December 15: ErikaDreifus.com/My Machberet hosted the December Jewish Book Carnival.
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