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Out of Brownsville
Jules Chametzky
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Description for Out of Brownsville
Paperback. "Originally published by Meredith Winter Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2012."--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
In this collection of literary portraits, Jules Chametzky shares his recollections of more than forty notable Jewish writers, from Alfred Kazin to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Paley, Saul Bellow, Irving Howe, Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Tillie Olsen, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Joseph Brodsky, and Amos Oz-to name a few. Also included are cameo appearances by non-Jewish authors, such as James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, and Jose Yglesias. Not only do these various writers emerge as interesting and often complicated human beings, but Chametzky reveals himself to be a warm and gracious storyteller.
In this collection of literary portraits, Jules Chametzky shares his recollections of more than forty notable Jewish writers, from Alfred Kazin to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Paley, Saul Bellow, Irving Howe, Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Tillie Olsen, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Joseph Brodsky, and Amos Oz-to name a few. Also included are cameo appearances by non-Jewish authors, such as James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, and Jose Yglesias. Not only do these various writers emerge as interesting and often complicated human beings, but Chametzky reveals himself to be a warm and gracious storyteller.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625340368
SKU
V9781625340368
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About Jules Chametzky
Jules Chametzky is professor emeritus of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and cofounder of The Massachusetts Review. His books include From the Ghetto: The Fiction of Abraham Cahan and Our Decentralized Literature: Cultural Mediations in Selected Jewish and Southern Writers, both published by the University of Massachusetts Press.
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