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Benjamin Markovits

Benjamin Markovits is the author of ten novels, including, most recently, Christmas in Austin.

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    The Try Out

    A Jewish kid battles a bloody nose and nipple chafe to make the basketball team

    byBenjamin Markovits
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    Chrismukkah in Texas

    In an excerpt from ‘Christmas in Austin,’ the Essinger family sings ‘O Hanukkah’ at their Texas tree-lighting party

    byBenjamin Markovits
  • Rachel Cox, 'New Hair,' 2016, from her series 'Shiny Ghost,' which documented her grandmother's final years.
    Rachel Cox, 'New Hair,' 2016, from her series 'Shiny Ghost,' which documented her grandmother's final years.
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    German Jewish

    The origins of a writer’s craft, from an academic-island childhood to the self-control gleaned from a Holocaust-surviving grandparent, by the author of the new novel ‘A Weekend in New York’

    byBenjamin Markovits
  • Rachel Cox, 'Don't Smile, Smile,' 2016, from her series 'Shiny Ghost,' which documented her grandmother's final years.
    Rachel Cox, 'Don't Smile, Smile,' 2016, from her series 'Shiny Ghost,' which documented her grandmother's final years.
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    A Weekend in New York

    In an excerpt from the new novel by the London-based writer, going over old stories

    byBenjamin Markovits
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