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  • Philip Levine - Poet 
    Academy of American Poets (poets.org, 2017-03-15)
    A biography of the Poet Laureate of the United States, Philip Levine. Click on the link above to access.
  • Philip Roth obituary 
    Homberger, Eric (The Guardian, 2018-05-23)
    A biographical essay on the life and work of Philip Roth that argues the "Poignantly humane novelist set on emancipating American literature from respectability." Click on the link above to access this essay that serves ...
  • Philip Roth, Towering Novelist Who Explored Lust, Jewish Life and America, Dies at 85 
    McGrath, Charles (New York Times, 2018-05-22)
    A New York Times obituary of novelist, Philip Roth. Click on the link to read the article.
  • Poems by Louise Glück 
    Poets.org (Academy of American Poets, 2020)
    A website with a list of poems by Louise Glück and links to the actual poems. Click on the link to view the website and read Glück's poetry. Click on the link below to read her Nobel Lecture.
  • Poems by Philip Levine 
    Levine, Philip (poets.org, 2018)
    Ten poems by the American Poet Laureate, Philp Levine. Most of the poems are available as printed word and some as audio. Click on the link above to access.
  • Poems of Emma Lazarus, Two Volumes 
    Lazarus, Emma (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1889)
    The complete poems of Emma Lazarus, author of the New Colossus, the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Click on the icons below to access the volumes.
  • Power 
    Fast, Howard (Doubleday, 1962)
    A novel by Howard Fast, downloaded from the Internet Archive. Click on the icon to read the novel.
  • Provisionally Speaking: An Interview with Jonathan Lethem 
    McIlvain, Ryan (Los Angeles Review of Books, 2016-10-16)
    An interview with the prolific author, Jonathan Lethem, in which he discusses his career and some of his works. Click on the link above to read the interview.
  • Q&A: Meg Wolitzer on Sex, Suburbs — and the Workmen's Circle 
    Yarrow, Allison Gaudet (The Forward, 2011-04-28)
    An interview with author Meg Wolitzer in The Sisterhood, a blog hosted by The Forward. Wolitzer discusses her writing, sex, technology, women's issues and her Jewish upbringing. Click on the link to access the interview.
  • Quietly Weeping, Autumn and Alef-Bet [three poems] 
    Shtern, Sholem (1984)
    These three poems by the Jewish Canadian poet Sholem Shtern (here spelled "Shalom Stern") are from "a translation of: Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Shebreshin (Book of memory to the Jewish community of Shebreshin), Editors: ...
  • "The Rise of David Levitsky" 
    Cahan, Abraham (Project Gutenberg, 2001-09-01)
    The best known fictional work of one of the founders of the Jewish newspaper "The Forward." Click on one of the icons below to download either an epub or plain text version of the novel originally published in 1917.
  • Ruth R. Wisse 
    Roskies, David G. (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-02-27)
    A short biography of the life and accomplishments of the Canadian American Jewish scholar, Ruth Wisse, who co-founded the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University. Click on the link above to read the biography.
  • The Sacrifice, by Adele Wiseman 
    Ballif, Algene (Commentary Magazine, 1957-04)
    A critical book review of Adele Wiseman's first novel, "The Sacrifice," Click on the link to read the review.
  • Saul Bellow - Nobel Lecture 
    Bellow, Saul (Nobel Media AB, 1976-12-12)
    Short video excerpt from Saul Bellow's Nobel Prize lecture. Click on the link above to access the video.
  • Saul Bellow - Nobel Lecture 
    Bellow, Saul (Nobel Media AB, 1976-12-12)
    Text of Saul Bellow's lecture for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Click on the link to access the page
  • The Second Shelf: On the Rules of Literary Fiction for Men and Women 
    Wolitzer, Meg (The New York Times, 2012-03-30)
    An article by Meg Wolitzer in the New York Times Sunday Book Review in which she argues that literary fiction written by women is relegated to the niche of "women's fiction." The effect of this, according to Wolitzer, is ...
  • Shel Silverstein, Zany Writer and Cartoonist, Dies at 67 
    Honan`, William H. (The New York Times, 1999-05-11)
    An obituary for Shel Silverstein, who was best-known for his writing for children. His poetry collections have enjoyed long runs on the bestseller list. He is also the author of the classic children's book, "The Giving ...
  • Sholem Aleichem 
    Miron, Dan (YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, 2013-05-16)
    Sholem Aleichem is probably the best-known among Yiddish writers. He was born in Eastern Europe in 1859 as Shalom Rabinovitz. He emigrated to the United States in 1906. Often called "the Jewish Mark Twain" because of his ...
  • SHTERN, SHOLEM, [after 1927]-1990 LMS-0188 - List of Fonds and Collections - Literary Archives - Library and Archives Canada 
    Shtern, Sholem (Library and Archives Canada, 2009-03-12)
    This entry contains a biographical sketch of the Jewish Canadian poet, Sholem Shtern. Click on the link above to access.
  • Singer, Israel Joshua 
    Norich, Anita (YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, 2010-10-19)
    Although Israel Joshua Singer, the older brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer, lived most of his life in Eastern Europe, much of his most accomplished work was published once he moved to the United States. This short biography ...

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