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Talking Fiction
A chat with A. Yarden, Rochel Istrin, Miriam Luxenberg, Yonah Klein, and Brocha Miller
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Bracha Rosman: format, vibe, and the connecting power of the oomph of life
The world of teen reading is small. With girls who want juicy issues they can explore and mothers concerned about exposure and message, it’s tricky to…
Joan Zlotnick: medium, subconscious symbolism, and the little lower level
Why read deeply into a story that’s a product of someone’s imagination? How does looking past the surface enhance our reading experience? And how can I…
A. Yarden: fantasy, world-building, and the forgotten necessity of pure entertainment
The Trepid Trilogy was the biggest surprise of 2023, a series that swept readers into a fantastical world and introduced them to a new genre. The first…
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Libby Lazewnik: plotting, translation, and the natural balance between streams of life
A matriarch of frum literature, Libby Lazewnik published her first book 35 years ago and hasn’t stopped since, with titles spanning all ages and genres…
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Reread with Ruthie Pearlman: Yael Reed, audience, and the hamster wheel of serial writing
From Rivki Nesher’s Making it Out to Yael Reed, Ruthie Pearlman’s writing has always been centered in England, Ruthie’s home for most of her writing…
Esther Kurtz: middle children, transactional reading, and the distance of our inner worlds
Gut Moed! Hope you’ve all been doing some great reading so far this Yom Tov. We’re here with an off-schedule treat of a deep dive into one of the most…
Designing for Words
with book designers Rivkah Lewis and Shanie Cooper
Rochel Istrin: character, imagination, and the familiar arc of history
Return from Captivity is Rochel Istrin's sequel to The Captives which presents a suspenseful and vivid adventure of a family scattered across pre-Civil…
Rochel Burstyn: believability, layers, and the exploration of plain fun
The boundaries of typical middle-grades books are narrow, but Rochel Burstyn is blasting them open with bold and creative stories that captivate the…
Adina Edelman: editing, emotion, and the voice of conversational feedback
The magical creativity of a well-crafted story is enthralling, but underpinning every page is meticulous technical work, ensuring the seamless flow that…
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Rabbi Nachman Seltzer: opportunities, structure, and the universal appeal of passion
Biographies are artificial. They’re never perfectly representative: it would take a lifetime of reading to capture the entirety of a lifetime into a…
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