Jerome Charyn
By Jerome Charyn
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Culture Fiction excerpt: The Baron of East Broadway, by Jerome Charyn
On the Lower East Side, Ab Cahan is once again the Pulitzer of Yiddish Land, the William Randolph Hearst of the Jewish ghetto
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Culture J.D. Salinger: The Lost Bar Mitzvah Boy
The myth about J. D. Salinger I like best is this: Well into his 80s, the famously frugal author would often arrive early for the $12 roast beef dinner at First Congregational Church, in Hartland, Vermont, and would always sit in the same seat, as close to the pies as he could get. This little…
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