Jason Diamond

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Talking to My 80-Something Year Old Chicago Nana About Rahm Emanuel

My Nana is one of those people you describe as 85-years young, or as she…

Jewcy Interviews: Lisa Birnbach, Author of “True Prep”

Time has treated The Official Preppy Handbook quite well.  Originally published in 1980, The Handbook…

How Much Philip Roth Can You Take???

If the answer to the question posed in the headline is “I can never get…

Top Five Reasons I Want Rahm Emanuel to Become Mayor of Chicago

Growing up in Chicago, I remember 3 mayors: Richard J. Daley, Harold Washington and Richard…

James Franco Options Stephen Elliott’s “The Adderall Diaries”

Big Jewcy alumni Stephen Elliott is having a good week. First his book, The Adderall…

Authors in Conversation: Gal Beckerman and Jennifer Gilmore

Why it took so long for such an impassioned account on the fight to save…

Watch: Book Trailer for Adam Levin’s “The Instructions”

Big books written by Jews are “in” this year.  First there was Joshua Cohen’s Witz,…

The Opinionated Jewish Man: How the Hell did This Book About Vampire Nazi Hunters Make it to Paperback?

I know a little about the publishing industry, and I know that a book has…