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By Staff 7/10/06 10:41am

Katharine Weber On Literary/Religious Identity (and Muriel Spark)

My report on a literary evening at Makor brought another demurral, on points large and small, from Triangle author Katharine Weber:

I did not say “cramped,” but crammed.

My mother being raised in a Protestant identity bubble
by her Protestant mother, despite being a Warburg in
New York City, Read More

By Staff 7/07/06 2:02pm

Laurel Snyder Responds. I Was Inaccurate, and Mean-Spirited. (Oy)

A week or so back I did a snarky take on Laurel Snyder’s new book, Half-Life: Jew-ish Tales From Interfaith Homes and a reading she had at Makor , then walked away whistling. But after trying to comment on my post and being foiled somehow by the Observer’s system (apologies), Snyder sent Read More

By Staff 6/27/06 9:41am

My Night With 3 Half-Jewish Writers, and One 3/4, at Makor

I want to say more about my literary evening at Makor the other night, and about the four authors who read from their contributions to the book Half-Life: Jew-ish Tales From Interfaith Homes.

Laurel Snyder ran the show. The book is her brainchild. She’s a tall pretty woman, 32, with high strawberry-brunette Read More

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