Joan Marsé, Novelist Who Wrote on POUM, Receives Highest Spanish Literary Prize

In furtherance of an ongoing interest in the historiography of the Spanish civil war, I…

Stephen Baldwin tried to convert me… twice

You don’t start every day in the green room with Stephen Baldwin. Yes, that Stephen…

What I Didn’t Learn in Author School

The first thing they don’t teach you in author school is that the learning curve…

Arab Poetry for Jews: Sasson Somekh

"If we had soldiers read the poetry their enemies write, we could prevent war," declared…

War on Drugs Actually A War On Logic

According to a story in the LA Times, former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo has called…

The Sounds of Jewish Iraq

Heard out of context, the music collected on this intriguing record might seem easy to…

Moses in a Megachurch

Benyamin Cohen, author of My Jesus Year, is guest blogging this week as one of…

In the Beginning

Matt Rothschild, author of Dumbfounded, is guest blogging this week as one of Jewcy‘s Lit…