A Golem grows in Brooklyn — but do Jews need it?
Adam Mansbach’s ‘The Golem of Brooklyn’ updates a Jewish legend for the antisemitism of today
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Culture The Audacity of Writing the Netflix Barack Obama Biopic
The man who famously begged his toddler to Go the Fuck to Sleepis back with a project that sounds Presidential by comparison. That’s not a slight; Adam Mansbach’s the screenwriter behind “Barry,” a new film about a bookish Columbia junior who – one day – will become the 44th President of the United States. As…
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Culture Maybe Once Was F–cking Enough
● You Have To F–KING EAT By Adam Mansbach Illustrated by Owen Brozman Akashic Books, 32 f–king pages, $14.95 I’m sure I won’t be the one critic Who’ll review Adam Mansbach’s new book in rhyme The idea’s hackneyed, but hell, what the f–k It’ll save space and a shitload of time. Like many a reader…
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The Schmooze ‘Go the F**k to Sleep’: The Movie
First there was the viral leaked PDF. Then there was the book. Then there was the audio book narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. And now there’s the movie. America can’t seem to get enough of Adam Mansbach’s “Go the F**k to Sleep,” the picture book for adults that took the country by storm when it…
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The Schmooze Whatever You Think About ‘Go the F**k to Sleep,’ Leave the Jews Out of It
No one is going to get any shut-eye if people don’t give the controversy over Adam Mansbach’s “Go the F**k to Sleep” a rest. But hey, what could be more fun than staying up all night, debating the merits of a brilliant profanity-laced picture book whose popularity is exceeding its author’s wildest dreams? Now —…
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The Schmooze Q&A: Adam Mansbach Says ‘Go the F**k To Sleep’
He’s the acclaimed author of three novels and a book of poetry, but Adam Mansbach is taking the literary world by storm with his little irreverent book that could: “Go the F**k to Sleep.” The book — which resembles a bedtime story and is geared not toward children, but to their frustrated parents — debuted…
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The Schmooze Go the F*** To Sleep
It’s not porn, that’s colonizing the viral virtual space of business America in early May 2011 but a children’s book written by Adam Mansbach. Mansbach is best known for his cheerily titled books “Angry Black White Boy: A Novel” and “The End of the Jews: A Novel,” But he has clearly met with parenthood in…
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