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Book of the Week for January 23, 2017

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Difficulties and desolation on the prairie.

Jewish Literature Live Presents A Reading By Ariel Sabar

The George Washington University Department of English and Jewish Literature Live (JLL) proudly present a reading by Ariel Sabar on...

Book of the Week for January 16, 2017

jay’s Journal by Anonymous

An intelligent, popular high school student falls in with a gaggle of bad kids, drugs, and the occult.

Jewish Literature Live 2017 Schedule Announced

The George Washington University Department of English and Jewish Literature Live proudly announce the 2017 schedule. Ariel Sabar My Father’s...

Book of the Week for January 09, 2017

The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski

An abandoned boy wanders through dangerous World War II Europe–and survives.

Federation Of State Humanities Councils Cites Grateful American Book Prize 2017

News from the Humanities Community The Grateful American Book Prize has just announced that it will begin accepting submissions for...

Book of the Week for January 01, 2017

A Prayer For Katerina Horovitzova by Arnost Lustig

Arnost Lustig’s, A PRAYER FOR KATERINA HOROVITZOVA; just before a young girl is gassed by the Nazis, she gets her...

Book of the Week for December 26, 2016

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, THE SCARLET LETTER; the daring Hester Prynne has an affair, births a daughter, and manages their lives, despite...

Book of the Week for December 18, 2016

My Side Of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George’s, MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN; Sam Gribley is an unhappy city boy who runs away to the...

Book of the Week for December 12, 2016

The Bonfire Of The Vanities by Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe’s, THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES; the collision of snobbish Wall Street with the backstreet of the Bronx.

Book of the Week for December 05, 2016

Love Story by Erich Segal

Erich Segal’s, LOVE STORY; Very young, potent love; very young, potent death.

Book of the Week for November 28, 2016

Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler

After a matriarch passes on, her divisive family assembles for a meal.