Review of Shira Gorshman's Meant to Be, translated by Faith Jones
This is the first book-length collection of Gorshman’s work to be translated into English, with only a handful of stories elsewhere.
Feb 19, 2024
Review of Miriam Karpilove's A Provincial Newspaper and Other Stories, translated by Jessica Kirzane
The women in A Provincial Newspaper and Other Stories are complex, multifaceted characters, and they do not uniformly fixate on love.
Feb 12, 2024
Review of Women Writing Jewish Modernity by Allison Schachter
Schachter calls us to think beyond the androcentric, to imagine and create an understanding of modern Jewish literature that places women at its center.
Feb 02, 2022
Sewn with the Tiniest of Pearls
Murphy’s translations of Perl’s stories allow us to appreciate an ever more colorful canvas of modern Yiddish literature.
Feb 28, 2021
Diary of a Lonely Girl: A Queer Reading
Oct 11, 2020
Women’s Voices from Yiddish to Polish
Kremer reviews two new volumes dealing with Yiddish poetry, both published in Poland in 2018, which focus on the work of women poets.
Nov 17, 2019
Review of A Jewish Refugee in New York: Rivke Zilberg’s Journal by Kadya Molodovsky, Translated by Anita Norich
Oct 06, 2019
Review of On The Landing: Stories by Yenta Mash translated by Ellen Cassedy
Jun 24, 2019
Review of Queer Expectations: A Genealogy of Jewish Women's Poetry by Zohar Weiman-Kelman
Jun 13, 2019