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Yeshiva girl meets Hester Prynne.

Adam Wilson's Schooldays
By JONATHAN WILSON
"Portnoy's Complaint is… as important a rite of passage for a young Jewish boy as his bar mitzvah."

Portnoy and Playboy Go to Summer Camp
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Who'd your kids hang out with during vacation?

David Levithan: "Teen Literature Kicks Ass"
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YA: it's not just half of the word "yawn."

No, Really, That Wasn't Me
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The three grave dangers of writing about… sex.

The Right One
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Some extreme candor about Mr. Biller's romantic life.

A Literary History of the Dirty Jew
By JOSH LAMBERT
The smartest essay on a particular Jewish epithet you're ever likely to read.

Waltz With Wallach
By LINDA ZISQUIT
A meditation on translating Israeli poet Yona Wallach into English.

My Father, the Linguist of Kurdistan
By ARIEL SABAR
The preface to a voyage of Jewish discovery.

A Tough Call
By KEN GORDON
An emotional phone conversation with Pulitzer prizewinner, Philip Schultz.

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Translated By JENNIFER ACKER
Borges on where poetry and philosophy meet.

Discovering My Jewish Grandmother
By LILY KOPPEL
The author of The Red Leather Diary journeys to her Bubbe.

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