Monday, March 18, 2013

Jewish Icons


Interested in a unique look into cultural and intellectual trends that have shaped the last 50 years? Through a series of anecdotes, Jules Chametzky brings Jewish writers to life. 

The full list of authors and icons you can get to know on a personal level when reading Out of Brownsville: Encounters with Nobel Laureates and Other Jewish Writers by Jules Chametzky:

1) ALFRED KAZIN
2) NORMAN PODHORETZ
3) ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
4) MORTY GUNTY
5) HOWARD SACKLER and FRIEND
6) GRACE PALEY
7) ISAAC ROSENFELD
8) SAUL BELLOW
9) JOHN BERRYMAN
10) WILLIAM PHILLIPS
11) HAROLD BRODKEY & ERICA JONG
12) IRVING HOWE
13) CYNTHIA OZICK
14) LESLIE FIEDLER
15) TILLIE OLSEN
16) ADRIENNE RICH, ANNE HALLEY, MARILYN HACKER
17) ALLEN GINSBERG
18) KADYA MOLODOWSKY
19) AMOS OZ, SHIRLEY KAUFMAN, ABBA KOVNER
20) JOSEPH BRODSKY
21) MAISHE MIRSKY
22) PAOLO MILANO
23) EDWARD DAHLBERG
24) PAUL GOODMAN
25) RUTH WHITMAN, TRANSLATIONS and TRANSFORMATIONS
26) HARVEY SWADOS
27) CLARA AND RICHARD WINSTON
28)   MELVIN JULES BUKIET, etc.
29)   JULIUS LESTER
30) NAT HENTOFF and OTHERS
31) HELEN and JOSE YGLESIAS