Leah Kaminsky won the prestigious Voss Literary Prize for her debut novel, The Waiting Room (Vintage 2015, Harper Perennial US 2016). Other books include ‘We’re all Going to Die’ (Harper Collins, 2016), ‘Writer MD’ (Knopf US), and she co-authored ‘Cracking the Code’ (Vintage 2015). She holds an MFA in fiction from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
This article originally appeared on Plus61J. Yosl Bergner never wanted to visit the places of his imagination. Many years ago, when I suggested a trip together to retrace the travels of his poet father, Melech Ravitch, across the Australian outback – a 1933 search for a homeland for German Jewish refugees – Yosl refused to…
‘Politico’ reporter Hadas Gold was sent an anti-Semitic death threat by a Trump supporter https://t.co/J74AumoWwY pic.twitter.com/TRZab4hY32 — Mic (@mic) October 21, 2016 A bullet hole was traced onto Hadas Gold’s blood-spattered forehead. The photo in the news article showed an accompanying message: ‘Don’t mess with our boy Trump, or you’ll be first in line for…
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