Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
As I sat down to review Ruth Feldman’s “Blue Thread,” I struggled to make sense of how to describe the novel in a way that wouldn’t, by default, turn away large segments of the reading public. With my fiancee, also a voracious reader, I tossed out ideas for pitching this novel without falling into the…
OK, so technically, Amazon is having a Kindle sale on nearly 1000 books through July 27th, with prices ranging from $0.99 to $3.99. The selection includes such must-haves as Susanna Clarke’s wry English fantasy epic Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell ($2.99), cult classic Pride, Prejudice and Zombies ($0.99), and Roger Ebert’s compilation of his most…
While looking back through my fiction writing that I’ve done, I realized that Jewish influence has come out in full force. Here’s a taste of what I wrote the summer before junior year of high school, simply titled, “Moses.” Behind him, a whistle seared the air, and a smacking sound was followed by a man’s…