Nathan Englander
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Author Interviews
Nathan Englander: Stories Of Faith, Family And The Holocaust
In What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, Nathan Englander writes about his own faith — and what it means to be Jewish — in stories that explore religious tension, Israeli-American relations and the Holocaust.
New In Paperback
March 4-10: Spiritual Crisis, Suburban Plight And America's War Machine
In fiction, Nathan Englander's short stories, Amanda Coplin's Pacific Northwest drama and Anthony Giardina's tale of miscalculated suburban escape arrive in paperback. In softcover nonfiction, Rachel Maddow takes stock of America's perpetual wars and Lauren F. Winner reflects on her crisis of faith.
Best Books Of 2012
Short Stories To Savor On A Winter Weekend
Author Hortense Calisher once called the short story "an apocalypse in a teacup." Critic Jane Ciabattari presents her favorite mini-apocalypses of 2012, from veteran authors like Sherman Alexie to newcomer Claire Vaye Watkins, who combines a unique voice and a shadowed family history in her debut collection.
Author Interviews
New 'Haggadah': A Sacred Text, And A Good Read
by NPR Staff
Novelists Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander set out to bring literary quality to an ancient sacred text with New American Haggadah. Foer edited the volume, while Englander provided new translations from the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
Author Interviews
Nathan Englander: Assimilating Thoughts Into Stories
In What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, Nathan Englander writes about his own faith — and what it means to be Jewish — in stories that explore religious tension, Israeli-American relations and the Holocaust.
Book Reviews
'Anne Frank': Short Stories Fumbling For Perfection
by Parul Sehgal
Is Jewish identity a metaphor, or is it found in local, lived experiences? Author Nathan Englander explores this question in his new collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. NPR Books Editor Parul Sehgal calls it some of the strongest and strangest American short fiction in years.
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