Jewish Literary Links
Each week as Shabbat approaches, the My Machberet blog presents an array of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.
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Jewish Literary Links
Each week as Shabbat approaches, the My Machberet blog presents an array of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.
(more…)Jewish Literary Links
Each week as Shabbat approaches, the My Machberet blog presents an array of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.
- From Alma: “20 Books by Black Jewish Authors You Should Read.” (I’ve just begun reading one of the books on the Alma list, James McBride’s The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, in preparation for a book club.)
- By Jane Eisner: an analysis of “The Uncertain Future of Jewish News Media.”
- LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Art and Culture, “a non-religious house of study at the 14th Street Y” in New York that aims to be “an international incubator for creativity” and annually “selects a group of ten fellows to join us for a yearlong study of classical Jewish texts centered around a theme” is now accepting fellowship applications. The theme for 2020-21 will be “Chosen,” and “artists and culture-makers from any creative field” may apply. NB: “All applicants must apply to LABA with either a work-in-process or a concrete project idea connected to the theme of CHOSEN. Our goal is to be informed and inspired by the study sessions, which, we have found, happens on a much deeper level when the fellows have a specific goal in mind. LABA fellows receive a $1500 stipend and a small stipend (up to $250) for a LABA-focused presentation.” Application deadline: July 13.
- From the Yiddish Book Center: Pakn Treger‘s 2020 Translation issue.
- Happening this Sunday (June 14): Jerusalism’s Mekuvan series will host an online reading by and discussion with poet and scholar Alicia Ostriker.
Shabbat shalom.
Words of the Week
A slightly unconventional choice this week, perhaps, but it was simply so generous of Julie Zuckerman to put this image together that I’m extra-motivated to share it along with the text that she wrote to accompany it:
Jewish Literary Links
Each week as Shabbat approaches, the My Machberet blog presents an array of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.
- Among this week’s recommended reads: Talya Zax’s superb reportage on the friendship between Philip Roth and Russ Murdock, a stonemason who also served as caretaker for Roth’s Connecticut home for many years. (PDF version also available.)
- And among this week’s online viewing: Adam Kirsch discusses “Who Wants to Be a Jewish Writer?” (also the title of one of his recent books), hosted by Jewish Book Week (which was super-prompt posting the recording!).
- The latest iteration of the Association of Jewish Libraries’ Jewish Book Carnival went online this past week (thanks to Yael Shahar for hosting).
- Speaking of the Association of Jewish Libraries: Registration is open for their annual (and, this year, virtual) conference, which begins June 28. (And speaking of Adam Kirsch—Adam and his father, Jonathan Kirsch, will be keynote speakers at this conference!)
- Wallace Stevens’s “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” has inspired countless other “Thirteen Ways” pieces. Even I have written one (“Thirteen Ways of Looking at My Latest Cold,” which, yes, appears in Birthright.) The latest, lovely addition to this corpus is Lesléa Newman’s “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Life Before the Virus,” which was recently re-published on the Lilith blog.
Shabbat shalom.
Jewish Literary Links
Each week as Shabbat approaches, the My Machberet blog presents an array of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.
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