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What does antisemitism look like?
On John Singer Sargent's Wertheimer portraits.
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An act of restitution
Eighty-five years after my grandparents fled, I received a Polish passport.
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"I don't think anyone is comfortable with the unknown"
Marcus Kliewer on getting discovered on Reddit, why it's important to share your writing (even when it makes you uncomfortable), and what we really…
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The Path to a Book
On the making of THE MANY LIVES OF ANNE FRANK.
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Looking at the world
Finding my curiosity again on a trip to Scotland.
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Infidelities
On Alice Munro and betrayal.
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Glimpses of a nation in crisis
How a trip to Israel inspired me to commit to dialogue.
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Anne Frank, anti-Zionist?
What might the most famous victim of the Holocaust have thought about today's protests?
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Close Encounters of the Literary Kind
Rachel Cohen on process, divining a book idea, and how to keep up your confidence as a new writer.
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Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories
For people who think critically about books. An insider perspective on book publishing, writing criticism, and my biography currently in production, THE MANY LIVES OF ANNE FRANK. Also featuring an occasional group read of Israeli and Palestinian authors.
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