| Out of Brownsville: Encounters with Nobel Laureates and Other Jewish Writers: A Cultural Memoir Contributor(s): Chametzky, Jules (Author) |
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ISBN: 1625340362 ISBN-13: 9781625340368 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| LCCN: 2013945199 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.48 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this collection of literary portraits, Jules Chametzky shares his recollections of more than forty notable Jewish writers, from Alfred Kazin to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Paley, Saul Bellow, Irving Howe, Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Tillie Olsen, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Joseph Brodsky, and Amos Oz--to name a few. Also included are cameo appearances by non-Jewish authors, such as James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, and Jose Yglesias. Not only do these various writers emerge as interesting and often complicated human beings, but Chametzky reveals himself to be a warm and gracious storyteller. |