The author of ‘Call Me by Your Name’ reflects on being a hidden Jew
Part one of a series on Ukrainian Jewish writers
The Russian American master and the anxieties of Jewish conversion
Shelby Foote, failed novelist and closeted member of the Tribe, turned the Civil War into a masterpiece of American literature
A new novel from the master of wit and death offers solace for the massacre ahead
The lost chapter of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s ‘Enemies: A Love Story’
The rediscovery of Susan Taubes risks trapping her work within the prison of contemporary autofiction
On the passing of the great Czech writer and dissident
In an age of easy antisemitism, the Austrian Jewish Holocaust survivor’s work remains bitter, resentful, and hauntingly pro-Zionist
A new book explores the life and tragic death of Bruno Schulz, the great Polish Jewish magical realist writer and artist murdered by the Nazis
Vince Passaro’s ‘Crazy Sorrow’ passed through the race, class, and gender shitstorms to become the best new novel no one has read yet
Aleksandar Hemon’s new novel is a tedious progressive frog march through the horrors of the 20th century
The book taking MFA programs by storm preaches ‘separate but equal’ by another name
Youval Shimoni’s novels are dense, difficult, and demanding—and they may be the greatest literature Israel has ever produced
Polish author Szczepan Twardoch’s newly translated gangster novel is a non-Jew’s view of the total absence of Jews—and the haunting effects of that absence on present-day Poland
Building canons is thorny, complicated, messy—and necessary
Appearing in English for the first time, a vignette from Haim Be’er with an introduction by the translator
Kafka wanted his papers burned but they wound up in the hands of Eva Hoffe, placing her in the middle of an international legal battle.