Robert Lee Brewer's interview with poet (and former Hebrew school teacher) Erika Meitner–and Meitner's poem, "1944," that Brewer included with the interview material–persuaded me to order a copy of Meitner's latest book, Ideal Cities.
Speaking of poetry, I am very grateful for "Cut the Challah, but Slice it Slant: A Response to the ZEEK Poetry Manifesto." Thank you, Zackary Sholem Berger!
Over on HTMLGIANT, "a literature blog that isn't always about literature," author Kyle Minor, raised as a self-described fundamentalist Christian, explains why he is "Jealous of the Jews." Hint: Roth, Bellow, Malamud, Ozick, and at least one of the Singers have something to do with it.
Chanukah is coming! And the Jewish Literary Review prepares us with some poetry.
My latest pre-publication post about my forthcoming story collection, Quiet Americans, takes this week's anniversary of the Kristallnacht to reflect on that event in my own poetry and prose.