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An Evening at "Collected Stories"

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Last week I had the good fortune of making a visit to Broadway, where I saw a revival of “Collected Stories,” a play by Donald Margulies.

As The Jewish Week noted a couple of days after I saw the show:

“In the play, an older Jewish writer named Ruth Stein, expertly played by Lavin, becomes a mentor and maternal figure for a non-Jewish student of hers named Lisa Peterson. The mood of the play is set from the beginning, with Santo Loquasto’s impressive set of book-lined walls, window seats, rugs and lamps. Upon her first visit, Lisa is impressed by the ‘real furniture and real books’ in Ruth’s elegant Greenwich Village apartment, which Lisa contrasts to her own ‘makeshift’ apartment, which she laments is ‘sad, completely lacking in dignity.'”

I tried to snap a photo of the set before the show began. The photo doesn’t do justice to the set, which is indeed impressive.If you have the ability to catch the show before its June 13th closing, I highly recommend it!

Lit Event Next Week in Brooklyn

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To be held Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 7 p.m., at Greenlight Bookstore.

“As part of the Beatrice.com author/blogger pairings hosted by the Greenlight Bookstore, please join us as Jacob Paul speaks about his debut novel, Sarah/Sara with Sara Ivry of Tablet Magazine.

An engrossing meditation on the meaning of faith, Sarah/Sara is the story of a young Orthodox Jewish woman who undertakes a solo kayaking journey across the Arctic Ocean after her parents are killed and she is disfigured by a terrorist bomb in a Jerusalem café. Haunted by her parents’ death, and in particular by memories of her father, a 9/11 survivor whose dream was to kayak through the Arctic, Sarah embarks on her expedition unprepared for the strenuous physical and emotional trial that lies ahead. What begins as a series of diary entries on her struggle with faith ends in a fight for survival, as Sarah slowly comes to realize that she is lost in the Arctic wilderness with the ice closing in around her.

Jacob Paul teaches at the University of Utah, where he earned a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing. A 9/11 World Trade Center survivor, he won the 2008 Utah Writers’ Contest, and the 2007 Richard Scowcroft Prize.”

As Seen on Twitter

by Erika Dreifus on
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Twitter is a great place to get find literary news and links, especially of the Jewish variety:

@sarahw Toby Press looks to be in some serious trouble. Damn. http://is.gd/bYxU7 (via @MAOrthofer)

@nytimesbooks Jerusalem Journal: Israelis and Palestinians Hail Writers and the Word, Just Not With One Another http://nyti.ms/c7u0uS

@PublishersWkly A new PW feature: Reviews Pick of the Day. We’re starting with Gary Shteyngart’s upcoming SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY. http://bit.ly/cYIGWY

I may have to rethink the “Notes from Around the Web” label, and/or start a regular column featuring Twitter finds. What do you think?

Oh, and you can find and follow me on Twitter, too!

Jewish Reading Series (Additional Info Welcome!)

by Erika Dreifus on
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Thanks to the Jewish Book Council, I’ve learned of two new Jewishly-focused series right here in NYC.

First, we have the Brooklyn-based Candlestick Readings and Book Club, with an inaugural event–a reading featuring Melissa Broder, Joshua Cohen, Jason Diamond, Fiona Maazel and musician Reuben Chess–on Tuesday, May 11. Then–making its debut on Tuesday, May 18, with a lineup of Rachel Shukert, Sam Apple, and Jami Attenberg–is Jewcy’s Yiderati series.

I’d love to know about similar series in other locations. Care to share?

Coming Soon: The Jerusalem Season of Culture

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Exciting announcement via eJewish Philanthropy:

“An annual new summer season of culture will take place in Jerusalem beginning in 2011. This new season will focus on supporting arts and culture with a cutting edge, contemporary feel by integrating existing art, introducing new programs and facilitating collaborations among local and international artists, arts organizations and venues across the city, while helping to establish the city as a global center of creativity.

Itay Mautner, the season’s artistic director, said, ‘Jerusalem’s social, ethnic and religious diversity has fueled the imagination of generations of artists. We are here to encourage this voice to thrive and flourish and to make the arts and culture accessible to all in Jerusalem.’

Naomi Bloch Fortis, the season’s senior strategic advisor, added, ‘Today Jerusalem is home to a vibrant arts scene, with over 100 cultural institutions, each expressing a different voice and unique essence. We look forward to our work with all of the artists and arts organizations here to create an inspired and stimulating season.’

The Schusterman Foundation-Israel initiated this season with assistance from a growing list of supporters including the municipality of Jerusalem and the Russell Berrie Foundation.

To stay up to date, check out The Jerusalem Season of Culture website.”

Hopefully, literary art and artists will be included!