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− | '''JMRL's Same Page''' is a community reading program to promote and discuss one book throughout March 2018 by an author featured at the [ | + | '''JMRL's [[Same Page Community Read]]''' is a community reading program to promote and discuss one book throughout March 2018 by an author featured at the [http://www.vabook.org/ Virginia Festival of the Book]. JMRL invites all book lovers in Central Virginia to join this reading initiative. Read and |
discuss [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?englander+anne+frank '''What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank'''] by [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?englander+nathan '''Nathan Englander'''] and participate in programs about the book, its themes, and its author. The author will be at JMRL's Northside Library on March 22nd at 6pm, and this event will be free and open to the public. | discuss [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?englander+anne+frank '''What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank'''] by [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?englander+nathan '''Nathan Englander'''] and participate in programs about the book, its themes, and its author. The author will be at JMRL's Northside Library on March 22nd at 6pm, and this event will be free and open to the public. | ||
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:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?what+we+talk+about+love+carver '''What We Talk about when We Talk about Love: Stories'''] by Raymond Carver | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?what+we+talk+about+love+carver '''What We Talk about when We Talk about Love: Stories'''] by Raymond Carver | ||
:Short stories that feature a pantheon of losers, peripheral people, and men and women without education, insight, or prospects who, ironically, are too unimaginative to ever give up. | :Short stories that feature a pantheon of losers, peripheral people, and men and women without education, insight, or prospects who, ironically, are too unimaginative to ever give up. | ||
− | *Auslander | + | *F Auslander |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?hope+tragedy+auslander '''Hope: A Tragedy, a novel by Shalom Auslander''']* | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?hope+tragedy+auslander '''Hope: A Tragedy, a novel by Shalom Auslander''']* | ||
− | *Grossman | + | *F Grossman |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?to+end+of+land+grossman '''To the End of the Land, by David Grossman'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?to+end+of+land+grossman '''To the End of the Land, by David Grossman'''] | ||
− | *McBride | + | *F McBride |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?five+carat+soul+mcbride '''Five Carat Soul, by James McBride'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?five+carat+soul+mcbride '''Five Carat Soul, by James McBride'''] | ||
− | *Eugenides | + | *F Eugenides |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?fresh+complaint+eugenides '''Fresh Complaint, new short stories by Jeffrey Eugenides'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?fresh+complaint+eugenides '''Fresh Complaint, new short stories by Jeffrey Eugenides'''] | ||
− | *Yoon | + | *F Yoon |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+mountain+yoon '''The Mountain, new short stories by Paul Yoon'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+mountain+yoon '''The Mountain, new short stories by Paul Yoon'''] | ||
− | *Singer | + | *F Singer |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?collected+stories+singer '''Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?collected+stories+singer '''Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer'''] | ||
− | *Modan | + | *GN F Modan |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+property+modan '''The Property (graphic novel), by Rutu Modan'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+property+modan '''The Property (graphic novel), by Rutu Modan'''] | ||
− | * | + | *F Rothman-Zecher |
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?sadness+is+a+white+bird '''Sadness is a White Bird, by Moriel Rothman-Zecher'''] | ||
+ | *F Horn | ||
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?eternal+life+horn '''Eternal Life, by Dara Horn'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?eternal+life+horn '''Eternal Life, by Dara Horn'''] | ||
:A Mother in Roman Jerusalem makes a spiritual bargain to save her dying infant's life- She then lives for 2,000 years. Includes "historical detail (of Jewish history) and down to earth humor" and "thoughtful meditation on the meaning of life." | :A Mother in Roman Jerusalem makes a spiritual bargain to save her dying infant's life- She then lives for 2,000 years. Includes "historical detail (of Jewish history) and down to earth humor" and "thoughtful meditation on the meaning of life." | ||
− | *Nevo | + | *F Nevo |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?three+floors+up+nevo '''Three Floors Up, by Eshkol Nevo'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?three+floors+up+nevo '''Three Floors Up, by Eshkol Nevo'''] | ||
:Reviewed in NYT, indicates many similar themes (parenthood neighbors, humor & cutting commentary together), in a modern Israeli context. | :Reviewed in NYT, indicates many similar themes (parenthood neighbors, humor & cutting commentary together), in a modern Israeli context. | ||
− | *Namdar | + | *F Namdar |
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?ruined+house+namdar '''Ruined House by Ruby Namdar'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?ruined+house+namdar '''Ruined House by Ruby Namdar'''] | ||
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:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?MOM+and+ME+and+MOM '''MOM & ME & MOM'''] | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?MOM+and+ME+and+MOM '''MOM & ME & MOM'''] | ||
:This focus on the larger-than-life mother of Maya Angelou, and the relationship they shared, highlights the complicated relationship between mother and daughter. | :This focus on the larger-than-life mother of Maya Angelou, and the relationship they shared, highlights the complicated relationship between mother and daughter. | ||
− | *The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank | + | *92 Frank, Anne |
− | *Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren F. Winner | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?diary+young+girl+frank '''The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank'''] |
− | *Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir by Amy Kurzweil | + | *248.246 Winner |
− | *How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?mudhouse+sabbath+winner '''Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren F. Winner'''] |
− | * | + | *GN92 Kurzweil, Amy |
− | *Footnotes in Gaza | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?flying+couch+graphic+kurzweil '''Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir by Amy Kurzweil'''] |
− | *Kingdom | + | *GN956.94 Glidden, Sarah |
− | * | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?how+understand+israel+days+glidden '''How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden'''] |
− | Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi | + | *92 Feldman, Deborah |
− | *King Solomon's | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?unorthodox+scandalous+rejection+hasidic+feldman '''Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman'''] |
− | *Ordinary Jews: Choice and Survival During the Holocaust | + | *92 Feldman, Deborah |
− | *The Book of Separation by Tova Mirvis | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?exodus+feldman '''Exodus: A Memoir by Deborah Feldman'''] |
− | *Jewish Comedy: A Serious History | + | *GN956.94 Sacco, Joe |
− | *Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?footnotes+gaza+sacco '''Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco'''] |
− | *The Skeptic and the Rabbi: Falling in Love | + | *956.9405 Kingdom |
− | *Maybe Esther | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?kingdom+olives+ash+ayelet+chabon '''Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation'''] |
− | *Hell's Traces: One Murder, Two Families, Thirty-five Holocaust Memorials | + | *641.5676 Community |
− | *The Last Girl, by Nadia Murad | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?community+table+recipes+stories+jewish+manhattan '''The Community Table: Recipes and Stories from the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and Beyond by JCC Manhattan'''] |
− | *The Holocaust: | + | *641.5676 Ottolenghi |
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?jerusalem+ottolenghi '''Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi'''] | ||
+ | *641.5676 Nathan | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?king+solomon's+table+nathan '''King Solomon's Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking From Around the World by Joan Nathan'''] | ||
+ | *940.5318 Finkel | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?ordinary+jews+choice+survival+finkel '''Ordinary Jews: Choice and Survival During the Holocaust by Evgeny Finkel'''] | ||
+ | *92 Mirvis, Tova | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?book+separation+mirvis '''The Book of Separation by Tova Mirvis'''] | ||
+ | *809.798 Dauber | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?jewish+comedy+serious+dauber '''Jewish Comedy: A Serious History by Jeremy Dauber'''] | ||
+ | *Corporon, Yvette Manessis | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?something+beautiful+happened+story+survival+corporon '''Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil by Yvette Manessis Corporon'''] | ||
+ | *Gruen, Judy | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?skeptic+rabbi+falling+love+gruen '''The Skeptic and the Rabbi: Falling in Love with Faith by Judy Gruen (counterposes with memoirs like Deborah Feldman's "Unorthodox")'''] | ||
+ | *Petrowskaja, Katja | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?maybe+esther+family+petrowskaja '''Maybe Esther: A Family Story by Katja Petrowskaja'''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | *(1/2018) A woman traces family members in eastern Europe, meditations on how history affects a family, how to tell stories when you don't know what happened; family members went underground or were killed by Nazis. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Ripp, Victor | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?hell's+traces+murder+families+ripp '''Hell's Traces: One Murder, Two Families, Thirty-five Holocaust Memorials by Victor Ripp'''] | ||
+ | *In addition to Holocaust remembrance, this one is interesting because it talks about how public memorials/monuments can be made political- relation to local statue talks? (12/2017) | ||
+ | |||
+ | *92 Murad | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+last+girl+murad '''The Last Girl, by Nadia Murad'''] | ||
+ | *The NYTBR headlines their review of this "replaying the Holocaust in the Middle East" -it tells the story of a woman escaping capture by IS agents in Iraq with the help of a Sunni man, whose life and family then become targets- plays directly into the question of how far someone will go to help hide/rescue someone else- seems like it would make for very good, timely discussion | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Rees, Laurence | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?holocaust+new+history+rees '''The Holocaust: A New History, by Laurence Rees (shortlisted for the JQ Wingate Prize) '''] | ||
==Movies and Music== | ==Movies and Music== | ||
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===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
− | *Putumayo A Jewish Celebration | + | |
− | + | *CD Jewish | |
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?putumayo+jewish+celebration ''''Putumayo: A Jewish Celebration''''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?jewish+music+of+dance ''''Jewish Music of the Dance''''] | ||
===Movies=== | ===Movies=== | ||
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+ | *DVD Big | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?big+fish+videorecording '''Big Fish- family stories; main character is trying to get to the truth'''] | ||
+ | *DVD Everything | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?everything+is+illuminated+videorecording '''Everything is Illuminated'''] | ||
+ | *DVD Zookeeper's | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+zookeeper's+wife+videorecording '''The Zookeeper's Wife'''] | ||
+ | *DVD Schindler's | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?schindler's+list+videorecording '''Schindler's List'''] | ||
+ | *DVD Munich | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?munich+videorecording '''Munich'''] | ||
+ | *DVD Karate | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?karate+kid+videorecording '''Karate Kid- kid learns self-defense to fight a bully'''] | ||
+ | *DVD Wedding | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+wedding+plan+videorecording '''The Wedding Plan'''] | ||
+ | *DVD Sarah's | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?sarah's+key+videorecording '''Sarah's Key'''] | ||
+ | *DVD Birdman | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?birdman+videorecording ''''Birdman (the main character is starting in a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver's short story, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love")''''] | ||
+ | *DVD Band's | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+band's+visit+videorecording '''The Band's Visit- Film Movement''''] | ||
+ | *DVD Campfire | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?campfire+movement+videorecording ''''Campfire- Film Movement- ("A beautiful little story about growing up, finding love, and letting go of past losses. Effortlessly and almost invisibly entwined within the context of Israeli settlements and youth group movements")''''] | ||
+ | *Everything Must Go - based on a different Raymond Carver story than the title story pays homage to, but similar in feel and theme. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Miracle at Midnight*- Danes (Sam Waterston, Mia Farrow) help Jewish neighbors escape Nazis. | ||
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+ | *Anne Frank*- 2001 biopic with Ben Kingsley, 240 minutes | ||
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+ | *Unsettled Land | ||
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+ | *Lemon Tree (In Hebrew) | ||
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+ | *The Other Son- "the moving and provocative tale of two young men- one Israeli, the other Palestinian, who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions facing them and their respective families." (In French) | ||
==Books for Teens== | ==Books for Teens== | ||
− | ''''' | + | ===TEEN READ SELECTIONS:=== |
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+ | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?ghost+jason+reynolds '''Ghost'''] by [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?reynolds+jason Jason Reynolds] | ||
+ | :Discussed by tween book groups at the Greene County Library, Central Library, Crozet Library, Gordon Avenue Library, and Louisa County Library | ||
+ | |||
+ | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?dear+martin+stone '''Dear Martin'''] by [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?stone+nic Nic Stone] | ||
+ | :Discussed by teen book groups at Central Library, Crozet Library, and Greene County Library | ||
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'''''RELATED READS:''''' | '''''RELATED READS:''''' | ||
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:When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane | :When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane | ||
− | + | *YA Hesse | |
− | *Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?girl+blue+coat+hesse '''Girl in the Blue Coat, by Monica Hesse'''] |
− | *The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan | + | *YA Lanagan |
− | *Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?brides+rollrock+island+lanagan '''The Brides of Rollrock Island, by Margo Lanagan'''] |
− | *Enemy Territory by Sharon McKay | + | *YA Nye |
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?habibi+nye '''Habibi, by Naomi Shihab Nye'''] | ||
+ | *J McKay | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?enemy+territory+mckay '''Enemy Territory, by Sharon McKay'''] | ||
===Nonfiction=== | ===Nonfiction=== | ||
− | *Tasting the Sky | + | *92 Barakat |
− | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?tasting+sky+barakat '''Tasting the Sky, by Ibtisam Barakat'''] | |
+ | |||
+ | *92 Barakat | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?balcony+moon+barakat '''Balcony on the Moon, by Ibtisam Barakat'''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | 956.04 Hampton | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?war+middle+east+black+september+hampton '''War in the Middle East: A Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War, by Wilborn Hampton'''] | ||
==Books for Youth== | ==Books for Youth== | ||
− | + | ===Children's Book Club Selections=== | |
− | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?schomburg+weatherford '''Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library'''] by [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?weatherford+carole Carole Boston Weatherford] | |
− | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t? | + | :Discussed by [[Book Bugs]] at Northside Library |
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+ | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?mama+africa '''Mama Africa!'''] by [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?mama+africa Kathryn Erskine] | ||
+ | :Discussed by [[Page Turners]] at Crozet Library | ||
===Fiction=== | ===Fiction=== | ||
− | *Armstrong and Charlie by Steven B. Frank | + | *J Frank |
− | * | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?armstrong+charlie+frank '''Armstrong and Charlie, by Steven B. Frank'''] |
− | *The Safest Lie by Angela Cerrito | + | |
− | *The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren | + | *JP Simon |
− | *Brundibar by Tony Kushner | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?oskar+eight+blessings+simon '''Oskar and the Eight Blessings, by Richard Simon'''] |
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− | *Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch ( | + | *J Cerrito |
− | *Flying Lessons and Other Stories | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?safest+lie+cerrito '''The Safest Lie, by Angela Cerrito'''] |
− | *The Goat by Anne Fleming | + | |
− | *Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott | + | *JP Elvgren |
− | + | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?whispering+town+elvgren '''The Whispering Town, by Jennifer Elvgren'''] | |
+ | |||
+ | *JP Kushner | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?brundibar+kushner '''Brundibar, by Tony Kushner'''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | J Dauvillier | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?hidden+dauvillier '''Hidden, by Loic Dauvillier (graphic novel)'''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | *J Deutsch | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?hereville+mirka+got+sword+deutsch '''Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch (graphic novel)'''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | *J Flying | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?flying+lessons+other+stories+oh '''Flying Lessons and Other Stories, by Ellen Oh'''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | *J Fleming | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?goat+fleming '''The Goat, by Anne Fleming'''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | *J Wiviott | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?benno+night+broken+glass+wiviott '''Benno and the Night of Broken Glass, by Meg Wiviott'''] | ||
+ | |||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?yaffa+fatima+shalom+salaam+williams '''Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam, by Fawzia Gilani-Williams'''] | ||
===Nonfiction=== | ===Nonfiction=== | ||
− | *The Grand Mosque of Paris: | + | |
+ | *JP 306.85 Hoffman, Mary | ||
+ | :[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?great+big+book+of+kindness'''THE GREAT BIG BOOK OF KINDNESS'''] | ||
+ | :This treasury of stories features diverse families and how they live together. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *J 940.5318 Ruelle | ||
+ | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?grand+mosque+how+muslims+saved+jews+ruelle '''The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust, by Karen Gray Ruelle'''] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:37, 27 December 2018
Article in Themes and Reading Activities categories.
JMRL's Same Page Community Read is a community reading program to promote and discuss one book throughout March 2018 by an author featured at the Virginia Festival of the Book. JMRL invites all book lovers in Central Virginia to join this reading initiative. Read and discuss What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander and participate in programs about the book, its themes, and its author. The author will be at JMRL's Northside Library on March 22nd at 6pm, and this event will be free and open to the public.
We've selected a list of books, movies, and music in the JMRL collection that will inspire further exploration and enhance your reading. Find more resources and discussion questions for this book in []. Find information on programs, contests and more by visiting JMRL's Same Page.
Contents
About the Author
Nathan Englander is Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University, and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter. His most recent book is the novel Dinner at the Center of the Earth. In addition to this year's Same Page selection, he is the author of the internationally bestselling story collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, and the novel The Ministry of Special Cases. He was the 2012 recipient of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for What We Talk About. His short fiction and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Washington Post, as well as The O. Henry Prize Stories and numerous editions of The Best American Short Stories, including 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories. Translated into 20 languages, Englander was selected as one of “20 Writers for the 21st Century” by The New Yorker, received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a PEN/Malamud Award, the Bard Fiction Prize, and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. He’s been a fellow at the Dorothy & Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, and at The American Academy of Berlin. In 2012, along with the publication of his new collection, Englander's play The Twenty-Seventh Man premiered at The Public Theater, and his translation New American Haggadah (edited by Jonathan Safran Foer) was published by Little Brown. He also co-translated Etgar Keret's Suddenly A Knock on the Door, published by FSG.
Read Englander's biography on his webpage.
Read an article by the author "What Jewish Children Learned from Charlottesville" from the NY Times
Listen to CBC Radio Interview with Nathan Englander
Read NPR's interview with Nathan Englander about his new novel Dinner at the Center of the Earth.
Works by Nathan Englander
Related Reading - Fiction
This list of adult fiction related reading includes short story masters, and themes of Jewish-American, Israel and trusting neighbors.
- F Carver, Raymond
- What We Talk about when We Talk about Love: Stories by Raymond Carver
- Short stories that feature a pantheon of losers, peripheral people, and men and women without education, insight, or prospects who, ironically, are too unimaginative to ever give up.
- F Auslander
- F Grossman
- F McBride
- F Eugenides
- F Yoon
- F Singer
- GN F Modan
- F Rothman-Zecher
- F Horn
- A Mother in Roman Jerusalem makes a spiritual bargain to save her dying infant's life- She then lives for 2,000 years. Includes "historical detail (of Jewish history) and down to earth humor" and "thoughtful meditation on the meaning of life."
- F Nevo
- Reviewed in NYT, indicates many similar themes (parenthood neighbors, humor & cutting commentary together), in a modern Israeli context.
- F Namdar
- Andrew P. Cohen, a successful NYU professor of comparative culture, is suddenly plagued with strange and inexplicable visions of an ancient religious ritual. As his superficially perfect world begins to unravel, he is forced to question his beliefs. Interspersed throughout the novel are pages from an ancient (pseudo) Talmudic text, harking back to the golden age of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Hidden in this frenzied, semi-opaque other narrative lies the mysterious key to understanding the drama of Andrew's life.
Related Reading - Nonfiction
- 92 Angelou, Maya
- MOM & ME & MOM
- This focus on the larger-than-life mother of Maya Angelou, and the relationship they shared, highlights the complicated relationship between mother and daughter.
- 92 Frank, Anne
- 248.246 Winner
- GN92 Kurzweil, Amy
- GN956.94 Glidden, Sarah
- 92 Feldman, Deborah
- 92 Feldman, Deborah
- GN956.94 Sacco, Joe
- 956.9405 Kingdom
- 641.5676 Community
- 641.5676 Ottolenghi
- 641.5676 Nathan
- 940.5318 Finkel
- 92 Mirvis, Tova
- 809.798 Dauber
- Corporon, Yvette Manessis
- Gruen, Judy
- Petrowskaja, Katja
- (1/2018) A woman traces family members in eastern Europe, meditations on how history affects a family, how to tell stories when you don't know what happened; family members went underground or were killed by Nazis.
- Ripp, Victor
- In addition to Holocaust remembrance, this one is interesting because it talks about how public memorials/monuments can be made political- relation to local statue talks? (12/2017)
- 92 Murad
- The NYTBR headlines their review of this "replaying the Holocaust in the Middle East" -it tells the story of a woman escaping capture by IS agents in Iraq with the help of a Sunni man, whose life and family then become targets- plays directly into the question of how far someone will go to help hide/rescue someone else- seems like it would make for very good, timely discussion
- Rees, Laurence
Movies and Music
Movies and music with themes of Contemporary Israel, Jewish Americans, anti-semitism, trusting neighbors, Holocaust, bullies, family stories, self-defense/bullies.
Music
- CD Jewish
Movies
- DVD Big
- DVD Everything
- DVD Zookeeper's
- DVD Schindler's
- DVD Munich
- DVD Karate
- DVD Wedding
- DVD Sarah's
- DVD Birdman
- DVD Band's
- DVD Campfire
- Everything Must Go - based on a different Raymond Carver story than the title story pays homage to, but similar in feel and theme.
- Miracle at Midnight*- Danes (Sam Waterston, Mia Farrow) help Jewish neighbors escape Nazis.
- Anne Frank*- 2001 biopic with Ben Kingsley, 240 minutes
- Unsettled Land
- Lemon Tree (In Hebrew)
- The Other Son- "the moving and provocative tale of two young men- one Israeli, the other Palestinian, who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions facing them and their respective families." (In French)
Books for Teens
TEEN READ SELECTIONS:
- Discussed by tween book groups at the Greene County Library, Central Library, Crozet Library, Gordon Avenue Library, and Louisa County Library
- Discussed by teen book groups at Central Library, Crozet Library, and Greene County Library
RELATED READS:
Fiction
- YA Arnold, David
- MOSQUITOLAND
- When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane
- YA Hesse
- YA Lanagan
- YA Nye
- J McKay
Nonfiction
- 92 Barakat
- 92 Barakat
956.04 Hampton
Books for Youth
Children's Book Club Selections
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
- Discussed by Book Bugs at Northside Library
Mama Africa! by Kathryn Erskine
- Discussed by Page Turners at Crozet Library
Fiction
- J Frank
- JP Simon
- J Cerrito
- JP Elvgren
- JP Kushner
J Dauvillier
- J Deutsch
- J Flying
- J Fleming
- J Wiviott
Nonfiction
- JP 306.85 Hoffman, Mary
- THE GREAT BIG BOOK OF KINDNESS
- This treasury of stories features diverse families and how they live together.
- J 940.5318 Ruelle