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  • Was Saul Bellow a Man or a Jerk? Both, a Monumental Biography Concludes 
    Greif, Mark (The New York Times, 2018-12-05)
    A critical essay/review of the second volume of Zachary Leader's The Life of Saul Bellow (entitled "Love and Strife, 1965-2005"). Click on the link above to access.
  • What Happens to Philip Roth’s Legacy Now? 
    Alter, Alexandra; Schuessler, Jennifer (New York Times, 2021-06-04)
    In an effort to control his legacy, Philip Roth authorized only one biography, "Philip Roth: The Biography" by Blake Bailey, which appeared after Roth's death. The biography was based on hundreds of hours of interviews ...
  • When Writers Put Themselves Into the Story 
    Cohen, Joshua; Fassler, Joe (The Atlantic, 2015-06-16)
    "Joshua Cohen, the author of Book of Numbers, discusses Dostoyevsky’s The Double, in which the author becomes a presence in the novella." Click on the link above to access.
  • Where the Wild Things Are 
    Sendak, Maurice (HarperTrophy, 1963)
    "Where the Wild Things Are" is a popular and highly-acclaimed children's book that was both written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. It was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for being the most distinguished picture ...
  • Who By Fire 
    Cohen, Leonard (YouTube, 2006-08-29)
    Based on the prayer “U’Netaneh Tokef,” recited at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Leonard Cohen created the poem and song "Who By Fire." In this performance he is accompanied by the great saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Click ...
  • Who Owns Anne Frank? 
    Ozick, Cynthia (The New Yorker, 1997-09-28)
    In a provocative article in the New Yorker Magazine, Cynthia Ozick differentiates between the public version of Anne Frank and the actual Anne Frank who hid with her family from the Nazis in an attic in Amsterdam. Ozick ...
  • Who Speaks in the Jewish Novel? 
    Lambert, Josh (Jewish Currents, 2020-05-25)
    A discussion of contemporary Jewish novelists by the Academic Director of the Yiddish Book Center. "the prizes given out in the world of Jewish letters rarely make much of a ripple beyond the adjacent professional circles. ...
  • Writer, Interrupted 
    Rosen, Jonathan (The New Yorker, 2005-08-01)
    A biograpical essay from the New Yorker magazine about the American Jewish writer Henry Roth. Click on the first link above to access the article.
  • Yiddish Literature in the United States 
    Norwich, Anita (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-03-20)
    This article focuses on Yiddish literature in the United States written by women. The author notes that, as is the case with Jewish women in the United States more broadly, Yiddish literature by women has typically been ...
  • YIVO Institute Library 
    YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (2013)
    Collection of free downloadable works of Yiddish theater, written between the years 1850-1950.Click on the link above to access the collection.
  • You Can Give This to Your Gentile Friends 
    Goldenberg, Lauren (Jewish Currents, 2019-04-10)
    This is an interview with Nathan Englander, " the author of the story collections For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, winner of the PEN/Malamud Award, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, as well as the ...
  • You Want It Darker 
    Cohen, Leonard (YouTube, 2016-09-16)
    The title song of the album "You Want It Darker", released just before Leonard Cohen died. Click on the link above to access the YouTube video recording.
  • Zlateh the Goat 
    Singer, Isaac Bashevis; Singer, Isaac Bashevis (translator); Shub, Elizabeth (translator) (HarperTrophy, 1966)
    An award winning short story for children by the Nobel Prize winning author, translated from Yiddish into English and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. From this website, you can download the text in a number of different ...

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