News & Events

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.

November 2012

Sunday, November 18: Temple Sholom of West Essex (N.J.), Discussion of Quiet Americans

Past Events

April 23, 2012: Private classroom visit, Baruch College of The City University of New York.

April 15, 2012: City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (N.Y.), “My German-Jewish Grandparents and Third-Generation Preoccupations: History, Healing, and Happily Ever After?”

March 24, 2012: Congregation Beth Israel (Charlottesville, Va.), “Why Is This Jewish-American Writer Different from (Some) Other Jewish-American Writers?”

March 23, 2012: WriterHouse (Charlottesville, Va.), “Writing What We Know, for Love & Money,” and Virginia Festival of the Book panel, “The Art of Short Fiction.”

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, 2011: Temple B’nai Jeshurun (N.J.), “Why Is This Jewish-American Writer Different from (Some) Other Jewish-American Writers?”

Sunday, November 13, 2011: Jewish Historical Society of New York, “Looking Backward: History, the Holocaust, and Literary Writing in the Third Generation.”

Friday, August 3, 2011: “The Submission Mission” Monthly Chat on SheWrites.com. Erika guest-hosted a chat on contests, grants, fellowships, and residencies for writers. 

Thursday, June 30, 2011: Manhattanville College Summer Writers’ Week (Purchase, N.Y.): Erika led a session on the subject of “Social Media Strategies for Writers.”

Wednesday, June 15, 2011: Erika/My Machberet blog hosted the June 2011 Jewish Book Carnival.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011: 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, 2011: 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). (Watch a video recording of Erika’s presentation: She’s introduced 31 minutes into the session.)

Saturday, April 30, 2011: Grub Street, Inc., Muse & the Marketplace Conference (Boston).

Tuesday, April 12, 2011: Jewish Book Council Twitter Book Club Chat: Read the transcript of our lively online discussion.

Sunday, April 10, 2011: Sunday Salon Reading Series (New York; enjoy a video snippet).

Saturday, March 26, 2011: Girl Talk: A Poetry Reading in Celebration of Women’s History Month (West Caldwell, N.J.)

Sunday, February 6, 2011: 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, 2011: Additional Goodreads & Facebook giveaways.

Wednesday January 19, 2011: Quiet Americans was released!

Week of January 17, 2011: 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!