How Yiddish authors made a new world writing for children
Miriam Udel’s book tracks the development of literature made to shape a Jewish universe
Miriam Udel’s book tracks the development of literature made to shape a Jewish universe
Jennifer Moses’ new collection of short stories explores troubled relationships through a Jewish lens
The characters in Gábor Szántó’s work strive to be understood even when understanding seems impossible and dangerous
Mark Harman's new translation of Kafka's stories may just be the best book published this year
Jay Michaelson rewrote his debut short story collection — multiple times — before deciding it was ready to enter the world
Chava Rosenfarb's stories are about memory and the impossibility of forgetting
● American Innovations By Rivka Galchen Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 192 pages, $24 The stories in Rivka Galchen’s “American Innovations,” aren’t all fantastical — although a fair number include elements of magic realism and science fiction — but even the most realistic stories in this collection have a kind of magical quality about them that…
Canadian Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her tales of the struggles, loves and tragedies of women in small-town Canada that made her what the award-giving committee called the “master of the contemporary short story”. “Some critics consider her a Canadian Chekhov,” the Swedish Academy said, comparing her to the…
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