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Two-in-One-Notebook-Special | Schools of Hope Author Norman H. Finkelstein...
Today The Whole Megillah poses questions to author Norman H. Finkelstein and Calkins Creek editor Carolyn P. Yoder about their new book, Schools of Hope. The Whole Megillah (TWM): Thanks, Norman and...
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Author’s Notebook | Kathy Kacer, World War II and Holocaust Fiction &...
The Whole Megillah (TWM): When did you first discover you wanted to be a writer? Kathy Kacer (KK): I always loved writing. As a kid, I wrote poetry, short stories, songs, you name it. I kept journals...
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Four-in-One Notebook | Nest by Esther Ehrlich
Earlier in 2014, Random House/Wendy Lamb Books published a debut novel by Esther Ehrlich. The Whole Megillah posed some key questions to Esther, her agent Susan Golomb, publisher/editor Wendy Lamb, and...
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Author’s Notebook | Tracy Newman, Shabbat Is Coming!
I ran into Tracy Newman at the May 2014 Jewish Book Council’s Author Network in New York City. We spoke about her new book, Shabbat Is Coming! (Kar-Ben, 2014), and some other topics. The Whole...
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Author’s Notebook | Suri Rosen, Author of Playing with Matches
Suri Rosen is the author of the YA novel, Playing with Matches, published by ECW Press in 2014. This is Suri’s debut novel in which Raina Resnick, a 16-year-old transplant to her aunt’s home in...
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Author’s Notebook: Carol Matas, Tucson Jo – National Jewish Book Award Finalist
Left to right: Carol Matas, Fictive Press publisher Morri Mostow, and Carol’s husband, Per Brask, at launch of Tucson Jo, 2014 The Whole Megillah (TWM): Tucson Jo is a marked departure from the last...
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Author’s Notebook | Erika Dreifus, Quiet Americans: Stories
The Whole Megillah (TWM): Why write short stories vs. longer forms? Erika Dreifus (ED): For me, the question is formulated slightly differently. I’ve always wondered what, for instance, made F. Scott...
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2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour | Final Stop
You’ve now come to the final stop along the 2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour, the culmination of a full week of insightful and inspiring award-winning author and illustrator interviews. Read...
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Author’s Notebook | Morris Dickstein, Why Not Say What Happened: A...
Professor, critic, and author Morris Dickstein, author of Gates of Eden (1977) and Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression (2009), recently published a new memoir, Why Not Say...
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Author’s Notebook | Tami Lehman-Wilzig, “Shabbat around the World”
Recently on LinkedIn, I spotted an update from Tami Lehman-Wilzig about a new digital and lesson plan project entitled, “Shabbat around the World.” I was intrigued, so I requested an interview. Here...
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Author’s Notebook | Tracy Newman, Uncle Eli’s Wedding
The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to write this book? Tracy Newman (TN): I was inspired to write Uncle Eli’s Wedding after hearing a wonderful presentation by Chris Barash, the Chair of the...
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Author’s Notebook | Meg Wiviott, Paper Hearts
The Whole Megillah talks to Meg Wiviott, author of the new lyrical Holocaust novel, Paper Hearts, due out September 1, 2015 by Margaret K. McElderry Books. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you...
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Author’s Notebook | Linda Elovitz Marshall, The Very Yum Kippur
The Whole Megillah (TWM): What gave you the inspiration for this story? Linda Elovitz Marshall (LEM): Hi Barbara,thank you for asking that question…and for inviting me to be interviewed. It’s always...
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Author’s Notebook | Steve Sheinkin, Award-winning Children’s Nonfiction
Photo by Erica Miller In July 2015, Publishers Weekly posed the question: Is children’s nonfiction having its moment? The article mentioned Steve Sheinkin, with whom The Whole Megillah has spoken...
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Author’s Notebook | Memoirist Sue William Silverman
I first encountered Sue William Silverman through the Vermont College of Fine Arts’ Post-Graduate Conference in 2012 and then at the annual Association of Writers & Writing Program (AWP)...
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Author’s Notebook | Angela Cerrito and The Safest Lie
The Whole Megillah talks to Angela Cerrito, author of The Safest Lie (Holiday House, 2015, 181 pp.) The Whole Megillah (TWM): You had a long journey with this book. What was your process? Angela...
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Author’s Notebook | Erika Dreifus, Quiet Americans: Stories
The Whole Megillah (TWM): Why write short stories vs. longer forms? Erika Dreifus (ED): For me, the question is formulated slightly differently. I’ve always wondered what, for instance, made F. Scott...
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2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour | Final Stop
You’ve now come to the final stop along the 2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour, the culmination of a full week of insightful and inspiring award-winning author and illustrator interviews. Read...
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Author’s Notebook | Morris Dickstein, Why Not Say What Happened: A...
Professor, critic, and author Morris Dickstein, author of Gates of Eden (1977) and Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression (2009), recently published a new memoir, Why Not Say...
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Author’s Notebook | Tami Lehman-Wilzig, “Shabbat around the World”
Recently on LinkedIn, I spotted an update from Tami Lehman-Wilzig about a new digital and lesson plan project entitled, “Shabbat around the World.” I was intrigued, so I requested an interview. Here...
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