Book Club Blog Posts

Felicia Berliner's debut novel Shmutz upends the notion of a binary choice so frequently seen in literature concerning Jews living unhappily in insular communities.

JWA talks to artist Riva Lehrer about her recent memoir, Golem Girl, and the way her disabled, queer, and Jewish identities intersect.

This new book offers a sex-positive perspective often lacking in Jewish spaces.

Author Emily Barth Isler discusses what it means to her to have her debut novel, AfterMath, launch on Rosh Hashanah.

Author Lori Banov Kaufmann speaks with JWA about her new debut novel Rebel Daughter

JWA talks to Marissa Miller, author of new book Pretty Weird.

JWA reviews Talia Lavin's debut, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy.

Exclusively for JWA, author Sarah Blake discusses her novel Naamah.

Exclusively for JWA, Jennifer Weiner discusses her book Mrs. Everything.

Exclusively for JWA, Elaine Weiss discusses her new book, The Woman's Hour, and the fight for women's suffrage in the United States.

Exclusively for JWA, Jessica Kirzane discusses her new translation of Yiddish author Miriam Karpilove's Diary of a Lonely Girl.

We review Tirzah Firestone's latest book, Wounds into Wisdom, and discuss intergenerational trauma.

Author Rachel Zucker reflects on her new book, SoundMachine.

We review Jenny Slate's memoir, Little Weirds.

JWA interviews author Alice Hoffman about her new novel, The World That We Knew, one of our Book Club picks.

JWA sat down with author Natasha Díaz to discuss her debut novel, Color Me In, one of our Book Club picks.

Published nearly 40 years ago, Nora Ephron's first novel, Heartburn, still resonates.

Naomi Alderman's acclaimed novel Disobedience is the latest in a long line of Jewish works about women in love and owes much to predecessors like Gut fun Nekome.

JWA sat down with author Ilana Kurshan to discuss her award-winning memoir, If All The Seas Were Ink, one of our Book Club picks.

Exclusively for JWA, author and artist Ken Krimstein discusses his graphic novel, The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt.

Judith Rosenbaum interviews author Ayelet Tsabari about her book, The Best Place On Earth, one of JWA's Book Club picks.

Forest Dark is an exploration of what happens when the relationships, material objects, and geographic locations that have come to constitute an identity fall apart.

Exclusively for JWA, Leah Kaminsky reflects on the inspiration for her book, The Waiting Room and contemplates the power of memory.

JWA sat down with award-winning author Dara Horn to discuss her latest novel, Eternal Life, one of our Book Club picks. Eternal Life tells the story of Rachel, a woman who cannot die.