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Are Novelists Already Writing About Covid? An Author Investigates

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Last month, I turned in the copy edits for my fourth novel. The next week, when I opened up the rough outline for my fifth, I was confronted with this question: does Covid-19 exist in the new book I’m writing? 

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Last month, I turned in the copy edits for my fourth novel. The next week, when I opened up the rough outline for my fifth, I was confronted with this question: does Covid-19 exist in the new book I’m writing? 

Full article at Business Insider : Are Novelists Already Writing About Covid? An Author Investigates

What I learned about journalism at the New York Post

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…”The New York Post taught me to read people quickly and to be brave in pursuit of a story. Asking intimate questions of strangers and powerful people is always going to be frightening. But you can’t be a journalist if you can’t handle the fear. You can’t even pretend you’re trying to get to the

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…”The New York Post taught me to read people quickly and to be brave in pursuit of a story. Asking intimate questions of strangers and powerful people is always going to be frightening. But you can’t be a journalist if you can’t handle the fear. You can’t even pretend you’re trying to get to the

Full article at Columbia Journalism Review : What I learned about journalism at the New York Post

How Does The “Justice System” Work For You?

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It prob­a­bly won’t sur­prise you to learn that I’ve nev­er been arrest­ed. It prob­a­bly won’t even sur­prise you to learn that for the first two decades of my life I’d nev­er known any­one who’d been arrest­ed, either. Like­ly, you can same the same thing. But not hav­ing to per­son­al­ly con­tend with the jus­tice sys­tem does­n’t

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It prob­a­bly won’t sur­prise you to learn that I’ve nev­er been arrest­ed. It prob­a­bly won’t even sur­prise you to learn that for the first two decades of my life I’d nev­er known any­one who’d been arrest­ed, either. Like­ly, you can same the same thing. But not hav­ing to per­son­al­ly con­tend with the jus­tice sys­tem does­n’t

What I read while researching novels about the ultra-Orthodox

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Recommendations for books, articles and radio reports that helped me research my first novel, Invisible City, and its upcoming sequel, Run You Down. I hope they deepen your enjoyment of my books, spur discussion, and contribute to better understanding your fellow Jews.

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Recommendations for books, articles and radio reports that helped me research my first novel, Invisible City, and its upcoming sequel, Run You Down. I hope they deepen your enjoyment of my books, spur discussion, and contribute to better understanding your fellow Jews.

Full article at Jewish Book Council : What I read while researching novels about the ultra-Orthodox

“Are you Jewish?”

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Yes. But it’s complicated. My mother is Jewish, which, as my grandmother used to tell me, means that the Nazis would have come for me, too. My dad, on the other hand, is Christian. And not just a Christmas Christian, he is a church-going Christian; a Christian who left his career as a lawyer to

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Yes. But it’s complicated. My mother is Jewish, which, as my grandmother used to tell me, means that the Nazis would have come for me, too. My dad, on the other hand, is Christian. And not just a Christmas Christian, he is a church-going Christian; a Christian who left his career as a lawyer to

Full article at Jewish Book Council : “Are you Jewish?”

The Previous Tenant

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In October 2007, my husband and I were looking for an apartment in Brooklyn. We’d seen too many to count and none worth the price, so when a one-bedroom just off Prospect Park popped up for $1200 we jumped. On the way to the appointment, the broker gave us the news: The man who lived

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In October 2007, my husband and I were looking for an apartment in Brooklyn. We’d seen too many to count and none worth the price, so when a one-bedroom just off Prospect Park popped up for $1200 we jumped. On the way to the appointment, the broker gave us the news: The man who lived

Full article at Jewish Book Council : The Previous Tenant

The Lives of Others

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The story of my involvement with Tyeisha Martin, a Katrina survivor and murder victim. Watch Tyeisha’s America’s Most Wanted episode.  Listen to me speak about Tyeisha on NPR’s “On the Media.”

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The story of my involvement with Tyeisha Martin, a Katrina survivor and murder victim. Watch Tyeisha’s America’s Most Wanted episode.  Listen to me speak about Tyeisha on NPR’s “On the Media.”

Full article at The Columbia Journalism Review : The Lives of Others

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