Quiet Americans has been named a 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).
August 2013
August 8-9, 2013: Erika will be a visiting faculty member at the Whidbey Writers Workshop Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program fall residency. (Check the residency schedule for her course descriptions.)
Past Events
May 29, 2013: The Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York) Young Friends Book Club welcomed Erika to lead a discussion on Quiet Americans, followed by a tour of the Museum’s exhibition, “Against the Odds: American Jews and the Rescue of Europe’s Refugees, 1933-1941.”
May 4-5, 2013: Erika was Boston-bound for Grub Street’s The Muse & the Marketplace conference, where she moderated a panel titled “Grubbie Guide to Contests, Conferences & Residencies” that featured authors Sheri Joseph and Douglas Trevor.
March 2013: Erika was the featured guest for the Generations of the Shoah (GSI) Book/Film Discussion Group on Facebook. (This is a closed group; please ask the administrator to add you if you would like to take part. Here is a full list of the 2013 featured guests.)
January 27, 2013: Union Temple of Brooklyn (N.Y.), Breakfast and book discussion hosted by the temple Brotherhood.
January 15, 2013: Thanks to the miracle of Skype, Erika met with a book group in Massachusetts. Interested in having Erika “visit” your book group? Please keep reading!
December 2012 (all month): Erika was the Facebook Writer-in-Residence for the Association of Jewish Libraries, discussing Jewishly-focused writing and literature on the AJL Facebook page.
November 25, 2012: Erika read and discussed her poem “Questions for the Critics” on Shalom USA Radio.
November 18, 2012: Temple Sholom of West Essex (N.J.), Discussion of Quiet Americans.
November 12-13, 2012: State University of New York- Geneseo, Reading and class visit.
November 11, 2012: JCC Lane Dworkin Jewish Book Festival (Rochester, N.Y.).
October 13, 2012: Big Blue Marble Bookstore (Philadelphia), publishing workshop and reading, co-sponsored by Apiary Mgaazine.
April 23, 2012: Baruch College of The City University of New York, private classroom visit.
April 15, 2012: City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (New York), “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.
November 18, 2011: Temple B’nai Jeshurun (N.J.), “Why Is This Jewish-American Writer Different from (Some) Other Jewish-American Writers?”
November 13, 2011: Jewish Historical Society of New York, “Looking Backward: History, the Holocaust, and Literary Writing in the Third Generation.”
August 3, 2011: “The Submission Mission” Monthly Chat on SheWrites.com. Erika guest-hosted a chat on contests, grants, fellowships, and residencies for writers.
June 30, 2011: Manhattanville College Summer Writers’ Week (Purchase, N.Y.): Erika led a session on the subject of “Social Media Strategies for Writers.”
June 15, 2011: Erika/My Machberet blog hosted the June 2011 Jewish Book Carnival.
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.)
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.)
April 30, 2011: Grub Street, Inc., Muse & the Marketplace Conference (Boston).
April 12, 2011: Jewish Book Council Twitter Book Club Chat: Read the transcript of our lively online discussion.
April 10, 2011: Sunday Salon Reading Series (New York; enjoy a video snippet).
March 26, 2011: Girl Talk: A Poetry Reading in Celebration of Women’s History Month (West Caldwell, N.J.)
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
January 19-February 19, 2011: Additional Goodreads & Facebook giveaways.
January 19, 2011: Quiet Americans was released!
Week of January 17, 2011: Winter Blog Tour launched. Details & itinerary here
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!
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