New books for teens and pre-teens – great stories with lots of lessons
(EJNews) – Two new middle grades novels that are sure to interest and engage pre-teen and teen readers were launched recently by Fictive Press. The…
Literature
8 books for 8 nights of Hanukkah
By Victor Wishna (JTA) — Hanukkah is “late” this year (no disrespect to lunar-calendar literalists), which means winter will be well underway by the time…
Bob Dylan speech at Nobel: Never had time to ask myself if my songs were literature
(JTA) — Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan said in a speech read at the Nobel Prize awards presentation that he “never could have imagined” that he would…
Book Review: An Address in Amsterdam by Mary Dingee Fillmore
By Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – What was it like to be a young Jewish woman living in Amsterdam during World War II? Author Mary Dingee…
Bob Dylan sending acceptance speech to be read at Nobel ceremony
(JTA) — American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, will send a speech to be read aloud at the awards…