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CCLaP Fridays: Isaac: a modern fable, by Ivan Goldman
I review Isaac: a modern fable, by Ivan G. Goldman, in which Lenny, really the Isaac from the Bible, works security for a LA movie mogul and meets Ruth, a struggling academic with an equally troubled...
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A Guide for the Perplexed: A Novel, by Dara Horn @ NYJB
At the New York Journal of Books I describe Dara Horn’s newest novel, A Guide for the Perplexed as “. . . a nerve-wracking international thriller and a group portrait of individuals dealing with...
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CCLaP Fridays: Rumble in Brooklyn, by Joseph Trigoboff
This week I review Joseph Trigoboff’s memoir, Rumble in Brooklyn.
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CCLaP Fridays: Five Bullets, by Larry Duberstein
Five Bullets, by Larry Duberstein, reads like a mashup between Mad Men, Schindler’s List, and Titus Andronicus.
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CCLaP Fridays: The Subversive Utopia, by Yasir Sakr
This week I review a specialist text on the interconnection between architecture, urban planning, religion, and politics.
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The Mizrahi Era of Rebellion: Israel’s Forgotten Civil Rights Struggle...
The Mizrahi Era of Rebellion: Israel’s Forgotten Civil Rights Struggle 1948–1966 (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East), by Bryan K. Roby seeks to complicate this simplified vision of Israeli history.
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The Art of Reviewing: Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays,...
Like Updike, Anthony Burgess, and Vladimir Nabokov, Cynthia Ozick writes reviews with lush prose, each essay a stimulant to those seeking the beautiful interplay of ideas, language, and strong opinions.
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Translation Tuesdays: For Two Thousand Years @ NYJB
“For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian is a hidden gem in European literature, shining a light on what happened in Romania between the wars.” Advertisements
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Espresso Shots: And Then I Danced, by Mark Segal
Small-sized reviews, raves, and recommendations. Via The personal is political. Mark Segal’s memoir And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality tells his story in an easily accessible and...
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