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Notes from Around the Web

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  • Lilith magazine presents a selection of prize-winning Jewish feminist poetry.
  • A bit late, perhaps, but still very worthwhile: Erika Meitner’s list of new Jewish poetry books for Chanukah (or, at this point, other) gift purposes.
  • David Miller writes about his first Chanukah in Patagonia…and carving a menorah.
  • Adam Kirsch, writing for Tablet, has some issues with a new anthology of writing from the Middle East.
  • In certain ways, I could really identify with the writer of this essay, “How My Love for Israel Uncovers My True Friends.”
  • I hope to have the time to listen to America Abroad Media’s interview with David Grossman sometime very soon!
  • Looking ahead: The next Jewish Book Council Twitter Book Club selection is Elizabeth Rosner’s Blue Nude. Discussion will take place on Wednesday, January 12, 12:30 p.m. (EST).

    • Shabbat shalom!

    Notes from Around the Web

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  • If you haven’t yet listened to this year’s Hanukkah Lights stories from National Public Radio, well, it’s still Hanukkah! Take some time and enjoy the offerings.
  • And if you’re looking for still more stories after that, check out the latest issue of JewishFiction.net.
  • From the Consulate General of Israel in New York comes news about a newly translated novel, Limassol, by Yishai Sarid (trans. Barbara Harshav).
  • Linda K. Wertheimer shares some reflections on Jewish books and community.
  • The amazing Carolyn Starman Hessel, Director of the Jewish Book Council, reveals which Jewish book has most influenced her.
  • The latest Jewish Reader presents a review of  Jessica Cohen’s translation of David Grossman’s To the End of the Land, excerpts, and discussion questions.
  • Win copies of my forthcoming story collection, Quiet Americans! Free! Easy! Details here.

    • Shabbat shalom!

    Hanukkah Lights in Prose

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    The annual Hanukkah Lights stories are now available on National Public Radio. This year’s batch features works from Rebecca O’Connell, Lev Raphael, Margot Singer, and Shira Nayman. Can’t wait to listen to the whole group.

    Admittedly, NPR sometimes gets on my nerves–a little too quick to criticize Israel, a little too often–but today, I appreciate it. Chag sameach!

    Notes from Around the Web

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  • Robert Lee Brewer’s interview with poet (and former Hebrew school teacher) Erika Meitner–and Meitner’s poem, “1944,” that Brewer included with the interview material–persuaded me to order a copy of Meitner’s latest book, Ideal Cities.
  • Speaking of poetry, I am very grateful for “Cut the Challah, but Slice it Slant: A Response to the ZEEK Poetry Manifesto.” Thank you, Zackary Sholem Berger!
  • Over on HTMLGIANT, “a literature blog that isn’t always about literature,” author Kyle Minor, raised as a self-described fundamentalist Christian, explains why he is “Jealous of the Jews.” Hint: Roth, Bellow, Malamud, Ozick, and at least one of the Singers have something to do with it.
  • Chanukah is coming! And the Jewish Literary Review prepares us with some poetry.
  • My latest pre-publication post about my forthcoming story collection, Quiet Americans, takes this week’s anniversary of the Kristallnacht to reflect on that event in my own poetry and prose.

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  • Howard Jacobson’s latest novel, The Finkler Question, was already on my tbr list. Adam Kirsch’s review only solidified my interest.
  • On a lighter note, if you’re starting to look for Chanukah gifts for the little ones, you may want to check out this list of new titles.
  • I am so excited for the next Jewish Book Council Twitter Book Club! The chosen book is Julie Orringer’s The Invisible Bridge; the author will participate; and the event will take place online on Tuesday, October 26.
  • Mazel Tov to author Max Apple on winning a Pew Fellowship (you may recall my appreciation for his collection, The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories).
  • More about David Grossman and his newly translated novel, this time from The Jewish Week.
  • Now up on The Jewish Reader: Philip Roth’s Nemesis.

    • This will be my final post for ten days or so. I’m heading to Israel tomorrow night! I don’t expect to be online much (if at all) while I’m there, but I do anticipate returning with lots of discoveries to share. Shabbat shalom, and see you when I’m back!