Out of Brownsville : Encounters with Nobel Laureates and Other Jewish Writers: A Cultural Memoir
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| Title: | Out of Brownsville : Encounters with Nobel Laureates and Other Jewish Writers: A Cultural Memoir |
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| Description: | In this collection of literary portraits, Jules Chametzky shares his recollections of more than forty notable Jewish writers, from Alfred Kazin to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Paley, Saul Bellow, Irving Howe, Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Tillie Olsen, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Joseph Brodsky, and Amos Oz—to name a few. Also included are cameo appearances by non-Jewish authors, such as James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, and Jose Yglesias. Not only do these various writers emerge as interesting and often complicated human beings, but Chametzky reveals himself to be a warm and gracious storyteller. |
| Authors: | Jules Chametzky |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Jews--United States--Identity--20th century, American literature--Jewish authors, Jews--United States--Intellectual life--20th century |
| Categories: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | In this collection of literary portraits, Jules Chametzky shares his recollections of more than forty notable Jewish writers, from Alfred Kazin to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Paley, Saul Bellow, Irving Howe, Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Tillie Olsen, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Joseph Brodsky, and Amos Oz—to name a few. Also included are cameo appearances by non-Jewish authors, such as James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, and Jose Yglesias. Not only do these various writers emerge as interesting and often complicated human beings, but Chametzky reveals himself to be a warm and gracious storyteller. |
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| ISBN: | 9781625340368 9781613762912 |
