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nathan englander
Nathan Englander interview: A novel’s view of Israel-Palestine conflict
Gabriella Kamran
September 12, 2017
On Jewish writing
Jewish Journal
May 3, 2013
I’m noticing a trend among my coreligionists-who-write: arguing against being “labeled” as Jewish writers — especially when they are simultaneously speaking in Jewish-sponsored lecture/reading series, blogging for the Jewish Book Council, and/or benefiting from awards given specifically for works deemed to have Jewish significance. These writers protest too much as they engage in a variation of that proverbial activity: biting a hand that feeds them.
If I had just one Jewish book to read . . . .
Anita K. Kantrowitz
November 7, 2008
The Jewish Journal asked several authors appearing at Sunday\’s Celebration of Jewish Books to answer a question that, at least for writers, has existential overtones: \”If you were stranded on a deserted island, what Jewish book would you want to have with you, and why?\”
Books: Englander taps Kafkaesque isolation in ‘Special Cases’
Mark Oppenheimer
May 11, 2007
Nathan Englander\’s new novel, \”The Ministry of Special Cases\” (Alfred A. Knopf), begins on a dark night in a dangerous time: \”Jews bury themselves the way they live, crowded together, encroaching on one another\’s space. The headstones were packed tight, the bodies underneath elbow to elbow and head to toe.
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