Yid Lit: Adam Langer

Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
Adam Langer’s novel, “The Thieves of Manhattan” uses an all-too-familiar climate of made-up memoirs as a place to set con games. In this Yid Lit Podcast, Langer talks about writing to Stephen Sondheim, world-class literary hoaxes and why he doesn’t think of himself as a Jewish writer.
Read the Forward’s review of “The Thieves of Manhattan” here.
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