The Whole Megillah- Literary Offerings into the World | June 2017 ReportPretty much a month of rejections… Poetry: 0 submissions, 0 acceptances, 1 rejection (Foundry). Fiction: 0 submissions, 0 acceptances, 0 rejections. Creative Nonfiction: 1 submission (Passager), 1 acceptance (Jewish Literary Journal), 7 rejections (Lascaux Review, J Journal, Front Porch, Agni, Malahat Review, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Now Available! Chicken Fat, a New Poetry Chapbook by Barbara KrasnerNote from Barbara: I really hope you’ll check out my book. The poems are personal. The people on the cover? My grandmother, Rose Entel Perlman, an immigrant from Poland, my mother, Lillian Perlman Krasner, and I think that’s my twin … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Holocaustkidlit.com Goes Live | Online Searchable Database of Children’s Holocaust LiteratureYesterday at Hebrew Union College in New York City at the annual conference of the Association of Jewish Libraries, I announced and demonstrated the debut of Holocaustkidlit.com, a new website featuring an online searchable database of children’s Holocaust literature published … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Literary Offerings into the World | May 2017 ReportThe spring semester is now over and I can return to writing! Poetry: 2 submissions (Foundry and Cimarron Review), and 3 rejections to report (Ilanot Review, Green Mountains Review, Manhattanville Review). Fiction: Continuing work on my Prague story. Rejection of a flash fiction … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Commemorating the Tragedy of the MS St. Louis, 1939Tablet Magazine recently reported that Jewish communities throughout the United States plan to hold vigils to commemorate the MS St. Louis today, June 6. On this day in 1939, the luxury liner’s captain, Gustav Schroeder, received orders from his superiors … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Jewish Traveler’s Notebook | Gomez Mill House, Marlboro, NYThis post debuts a new series and ad hoc feature, the Jewish Traveler’s Notebook. From time to time, I’ll share my experiences at museums and other spots of Jewish interest. Since reading Deborah Prinz’s On the Chocolate Trail (Jewish Lights, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland by Marisa ScheinfeldI came across mention of The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland (Cornell University Press, 2017) on the website of the American Historical Association. Since my family spent numerous summers at hotels there that included the Granit, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | Choices by J.E. LauferLast year, I spent several months interviewing refugees from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 on behalf of the American Hungarian Foundation. When I received news of J.E. Laufer’s account of her Jewish family’s escape, I was immediately intrigued. Following is … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- 2017 Year of the Book | First Quarter Progress ReportI pledged 2017 as the Year of the Book. my year to sell a book manuscript. Now that the first quarter of the year has closed, here is my progress report: Poetry: I entered my chapbook manuscript, Chicken Fat, into … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Literary Offerings into the World | April 2017 ReportDuring the academic semester, there’s a trend: I don’t write or send out that much material. I hope to remedy that after mid-May. Note: Since Poetry Has Value no longer offers the fabulous guest posts I looked forward to reading … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Literary Offerings into the World | June 2017 Report
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Four-in-One Notebook Special | Focus on Nonfiction with Agent Ken Wright & Three Authors
With this post, The Whole Megillah focuses on nonfiction! Our cyber-roundtable includes senior agent Ken Wright of Writers House and three of his clients: Steve Sheinkin, Marc Aronson, and Deborah Heiligman, each distinguished in his/her own right. The Whole Megillah … Continue reading
Three-in-One Notebook Special | The Doll Shop Downstairs Author, Illustrator, and Editor
Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of The Doll Shop Downstairs (Viking, 2009) and its sequel, The Cats in the Doll Shop (Viking, 2011). Together with her editor, associate publisher Joy Peskin, and the book’s illustrator, Heather Maione, they answer … Continue reading
Write Your Own Megillah Guest Post: Why Write-A-Thon? by Rochelle Melander
Write Your Own Megillah officially begins on November 21, the first day of Jewish Book Month. If you haven’t yet registered, read the guest post below by author Rochelle Melander and contact The Whole Megillah through a blog comment to … Continue reading
Five-in-One Notebook Special: Children’s Books about Terezín from Candlewick – Editors, Authors, Publicist
Candlewick recently published two books about Terezín, also known as Theresienstadt, a concentration camp in Bohemia. While not an extermination camp, 50,000 Jews were cramped into a town built to house 2,000. Disease and malnutrition contributed to the deaths of … Continue reading
Two-in-One | A Conversation with Music Was IT Author Susan Goldman Rubin & Charlesbridge Senior Editor Emily Mitchell
Earlier this year, Charlesbridge published a great new biography of Leonard Bernstein, written by Susan Goldman Rubin. The Whole Megillah got Susan and Charlesbridge senior editor Emily Mitchell together to talk about this great book (which I couldn’t put down) … Continue reading
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Reminder! Write Your Own Megillah Coming Up!
Are you ready to write that novel? In honor of Jewish Book Month, The Whole Megillah will be hosting its own version of National Novel Writing Month. During Jewish Book Month 2011 — November 21 through December 21, 2011 — … Continue reading
