March 25, 2010

Notes from Around the Web

Some big news of my own: My short story collection, Quiet Americans, will be published in early 2011 by Last Light Studio books. Expect to hear much more about this here!
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New discovery: "Olah-la is a contemporary, online meeting place for writers, artists, and people interested in or connected to Israel." Accepts writing in English and French. (via placesforwriters.com)
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Lovely blog post on "Teaching Tots About Shabbat", by Linda K. Wertheimer.
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Remarkable account of "Mourner's Kaddish in Mumbai," set shortly after the terrorist attack of November 2008, by Akiva Freidlin in Witness.
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Allegra Goodman has another novel coming, and it has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly!
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And just in time for Passover readings, Jonathan Kirsch introduces us to poet Edward Hirsch's latest book.

2 comments:

matthue said...

Congratulations! And it's really cool that you've got your own stuff going on, even while you're staying on top of the Jewish-books-and-writers news for all the rest of us.

Erika D. said...

What a lovely comment! Thank you so much!