The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week Field Notes–January 26, 2022Some very quick things: I’ve been highly distracted by an auto-immune skin disease, that despite various treatments, continues to spread as a rash and create erosive legions. Each day is a new nightmare. Overnight it has affected my eyes, fingers, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Awards AnnouncedThis morning the Association of Jewish Libraries issued a press release announcing the winners of the annual Sydney Taylor Book Awards. Congratulations to all the gold medal, silver medal, and notable books and their authors. 2022 Sydney Taylor Book, Manuscript, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 3, What You Don’t See about MeWeek 3’s #52snapshots prompt is about what others don’t know or can’t see about you. My first draft was about all missing organs: tonsils, two parathyroid glands, female parts, and gall bladder. But as I was writing about the gall … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- 2021 National Jewish Book Awards AnnouncedToday the Jewish Book Council announced winners and finalists of its National Jewish Book Awards. For the entire press release and list, click here. Mazel tov to all winners and finalists! Children’s Picture Book Winner: Dear Mr. Dickens Nancy Churnin, illustrated … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–January 19, 2022Some very quick things: The first issue of The Sepia Chronicles | Writing the Past went out on Sunday. If interested in subscribing to this or the writing family history and memoir newsletter, please either comment below or send an … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 2, I RememberSaturday night trips for books and records Week 2’s #52snapshots prompt is about “I Remember.” I made a list of things I remembered with a time limit of five minutes. The items revolved around trips with my father. I don’t … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–January 12, 2022Some very quick things: I’ve been accepted into the Kenyon Review writing session for teachers and adjuncts later this month. I’m thrilled to be writing with other educators under the auspices of a literary journal I revere. The Sepia Chronicles … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Book Bible by Susan ShapiroShapiro, Susan. The Book Bible: How to Sell Your Manuscript–No Matter What Genre–Without Going Broke or Insane. New York: Skyhorse, February 2022. Last winter I read Susan Shapiro‘s The Byline Bible and gained inspiration to write about why my grandmother, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 1, My NameInstead of marking #52snapshots as a 2021 done deal, I decided for 2022 I would follow Sonja Livingston’s 52 prompts exactly as laid out in Fifty-Two Snapshots: A Memoir Starter Kit. By the end of the year, I should have … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–January 5, 2022Some very quick things: I have decided on a different #52snapshot journey for 2022. I will write to a different prompt from Sonja Livingston‘s Fifty-Two Snapshots: A Memoir Starter Kit each Friday and blog about the process and insights. I … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–January 26, 2022
Category Archives: Editors
Editor’s Notebook | Lili Rosenstreich about Kalaniot Books
The Whole Megillah (TWM): Tell us about Kalaniot Books. How, when, and why was it founded? Lili Rosenstreich (LR): After a lifetime of work in the mainstream book world, my partner (in life as well as business), Mitchel Weiss and … Continue reading
Two-in-One Editor’s Notebook | Dena Neusner and Ann Koffsky of Apples & Honey Press
The Whole Megillah (TWM): What was the impetus behind launching the new Apples & Honey Press imprint? Dena Neusner (DN): As you know, Apples & Honey Press is a partnership between Behrman House and Jerusalem-based Gefen Publishing. Our mission at Behrman … Continue reading
Jewish Fiction Editors Speak Out | A Cyber Roundtable
About our panelists: Yona Zeldis is the author of six novels for adults, including You Were Meant for Me, which came out from New American Library/Penguin in October, 2014. She is also the author of 25 books for children and is … Continue reading
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Tagged fig tree press, Jewish fiction, jewish fiction editors, jewishfiction.net, lilith, michelle kaplan, Nora Gold, yona zeldis
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Editor’s Notebook: Morri Mostow, Fictive Press
The Whole Megillah (TWM): What is your business model? Morri Mostow (MM): Like any venture still in its infancy, Fictive Press is still somewhat fluid in terms of its business model as we discover what works and what doesn’t. As … Continue reading
Two-in-One-Notebook-Special | Schools of Hope Author Norman H. Finkelstein and Editor Carolyn P. Yoder
Today The Whole Megillah poses questions to author Norman H. Finkelstein and Calkins Creek editor Carolyn P. Yoder about their new book, Schools of Hope. The Whole Megillah (TWM): Thanks, Norman and Carolyn, for participating in today’s interviews. Norman, let’s start … Continue reading
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Tagged Calkins Creek, Carolyn Yoder, julius rosenwald, Norman H. Finkelstein, schools of hope
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Four-in-One Notebook Special: A Conversation with Capstone Editors and Authors
Capstone develops nonfiction titles for the school and library market. Here The Whole Megillah presents a dialogue with the editors and authors of two titles, A World War II Timeline and Hitler in Paris, which carry Jewish themes. Title: A … Continue reading
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Tagged capstone, catherine neitge, don nardo, elizabeth raum, hitler in paris, kristen mohn, world war II timeline
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Editor’s Notebook | Michelle Caplan, Editor-in-Chief, Fig Tree Books
The Whole Megillah (TWM): What is Fig Tree Books and what is your specific role? Michelle Caplan (MC): Fig Tree Books is a new literary publishing house founded by Fredric Price, a successful entrepreneur in the orphan drug industry who wants … Continue reading
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Tagged american jewish experience, fig tree books, Jewish fiction, michelle caplan
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Guest Post |Fiction Author and Editor Nora Gold
Next week I will be speaking at the Seminar on the Jewish Story about how being the editor of the online literary journal Jewish Fiction .net affects me as a writer, and vice versa. I look forward to discussing this at the … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Editors, Writers Conferences
Tagged fields of exile, Jewish fiction, jewishfiction.net, Nora Gold, seminar on jewish story
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Poet’s Notebook | Blue Lyra Review Poetry Editor M. E. Silverman
About M.E. Silverman M. E. Silverman is editor and founder of Blue Lyra Review and Review Editor of Museum of Americana. He is on the board of 32 Poems. His chapbook, The Breath before Birds Fly (ELJ Press, 2013), is available. His poems have appeared in more than … Continue reading
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Tagged blue lyra review, Jewish poetry, m.e. silverman, matthew silverman
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