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Jews and Baseball… and Books

Today on Jewcy: What works of literature explore the Jewish affinity for America’s pastime?

By Esther Saks · April 3, 2018

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The End of American Jewish Literature, Again

What role does America play in Jewish life, and by extension what kind of Jewish literature can be created here?

By David Bezmozgis · September 17, 2014

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David Bezmozgis’ Brilliant Alt-History of an Adulterous Sharansky Who Never Was

New novel ‘The Betrayers’ boldly places at its center the most famous refusenik and all he represents for Soviet Jewry

By Adam Kirsch · September 17, 2014

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A Map of Jewish Literary New York City

Graphic pinpoints iconic scenes from novels, writers’ homes, and more

By Stephanie Butnick · August 15, 2014

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Dangling Men

Saul Bellow was a complicated father to his three sons. In a new book, the eldest tries to parse his inheritance.

By Richard Kreitner · May 17, 2013

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On “Jewish” Writing

Starting a conversation about Jewish fiction

By Matthew Fishbane · October 23, 2012

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Keeper of the Flame

Experimental-fiction king Ben Marcus, the son of a Jewish father and an Irish Catholic mother, may be the best Jewish writer in America

By David Samuels · March 20, 2012

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Do English Depts. Study American-Jewish Lit?

Hire experts on Roths Henry and Philip, panel suggests

By Marissa Brostoff · December 30, 2009