The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: This week I watched a video about sending out one’s writing into the world, and this speaker viewed submissions as a way into the literary community. I hadn’t thought of it that way. So I’ve … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I learned yesterday that my proposed talk for the 2021 Northeast MLA Conference (virtual) about Yizkor books (town-based Holocaust memorial books) as folk objects was accepted. The talk will be based on papers I wrote … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: Tikvah Fund has produced a podcast featuring literature scholar Ruth Wisse and her list of five books to read during the pandemic: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Tevye the Dairyman by Sholem Aleichem In the Heart of … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’ve been receiving some useful feedback about The Whole Megillah going forward. There may be some changes in 2021. As some of you already know, Miriam Udel’s new book, Honey on the Page: A Treasury … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Event Announcement: Mercer County Community College Interview with Deanie Yasner, 10/8, Noon EDT“There are so many things I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.” What happens when the lone Jewish girl in a small Mississippi town challenges the rules of segregation in the hot summer of 1953? Essie Rose Ginsberg, writer, loner, and all-time worrier … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’m still looking for focus group participants to help provide guidance about the future of The Whole Megillah. If you are interested in participating in a brief Zoom session after the holidays to share thoughts … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’m putting together a focus group of about 8-10 subscribers to help provide guidance about the future of The Whole Megillah. If you are interested in participating in a brief Zoom session after the holidays … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Assignment by Liza WiemerWiemer, Liza. The Assignment. Delacorte Press, 2020, $17.99 The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to write The Assignment? Liza Wiemer (LZ): On April 4, 2017, I visited Oswego, New York, for a book signing at River’s End Bookstore for … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things this week: I’m going to be a featured panelist at early October’s Amherst Writers & Artists Leadership Retreat about sending out your work. I’ll be focusing on sending out book manuscripts and using Duotrope. After the holidays, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Two-in-One | Behind the Bookcase, written by Barbara Lowell, illustrated by Valentina ToroLowell, Barbara. Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place. Illustr. Valentina Toro. Kar-Ben, 2020, 40 pp., paperback $7.99. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to write this book? Barbara Lowell (BL): In 2016, I visited the … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
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Author’s Notebook | The Assignment by Liza Wiemer
Wiemer, Liza. The Assignment. Delacorte Press, 2020, $17.99 The Whole Megillah (TWM): What prompted you to write The Assignment? Liza Wiemer (LZ): On April 4, 2017, I visited Oswego, New York, for a book signing at River’s End Bookstore for … Continue reading
