I tend to get nostalgic around Rosh Hashanah, and in my JPost column this usually results in a September piece that’s something of a State of the Union address for Jewish literature. This year is no different.
In my latest, I reflect on Grace Paley’s death, the forthcoming literary demise of Nathan Zuckerman — Philip Roth’s fictional alter-ego — and the monumental achievement that is Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union in considering the end of an era of Jewish-American literature.
I conclude the column with an idea I first tested out on this blog a few weeks back, so thanks for being my guinea pigs.
