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ESSAYS

“ ‘myself is sculptor of / your body’s idiom’: Representations of Women in Cummings’ Love Poetry,” in Spring: The Journal of the E.E. Cummings Society. Volume 7, Fall 1998, pp. 39-67.

[Forthcoming] “Shabbat: A Love Story” in Bread and Fire: Jewish Women Find God in the Everyday, edited by Rivkah Slonim (Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2006).

BOOK REVIEWS

“When Fiction Imitates Life.” A review of Alan Lelchuk’s Ziff: A Life?: a novel (NY: Carroll &Graff, 2003). The Jerusalem Post, June 13, 2003.
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“Grumpy Middle Aged Men.” A review of Fabulous Small Jews: Stories by Joseph Epstein (NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2003). The Jerusalem Post, October 10, 2003.
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“Life Issues,” A review of In The Middle of the Night: Stories by Daniel Stolar (NY: Picador, 2003). The Jerusalem Post, November 14, 2003.
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“Survivor Syndrome,” A review of Due Preparations for the Plague: a novel by Janette Turner Hospital (NY: W.W. Norton, 2003). The Jerusalem Post, January 2, 2004.
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“Writer’s First Novel is More ‘Fiddler’ than ‘Tevye’,” A review of The Outside World: a novel by Tova Mirvis (NY: Knopf, 2004). The Forward, April 23, 2004. Also published as “Inside Out” in Haaretz, April 30, 2004.
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“The Book of Loss,” a review of The First Desire: a novel by Nancy Reisman (NY: Pantheon, 2004). The Jerusalem Report, October 18, 2004.
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“The Green House Rules,” a review of The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green: a novel by Joshua Braff (Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 2004). The Jerusalem Report, January 10, 2005.
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