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[One] the most powerful books I've read so far this year... Finck's illustrations intensify the emotional resonance of these letters, invoking the buoyant magic of Marc Chagall, but also sometimes descending into the cramped world of the tenements. --NPR's Fresh Air [Finck] brings an entirely new dimension to what has become, for modern readers, a portal into a world that feels impossibly distant. --The Paris Review (online review) A wonderfully illustrated gem of a book...I've read that story several times over the years, but rarely savored it quite the way I did with Finck's book. This is because of the drawings. --Tablet [A] rich, hilarious and authentic fable. ...Finck's versatility and imagination makes this book a delight. --Miami Herald [One] the most powerful books I ve read so far this year Finck s illustrations intensify the emotional resonance of these letters, invoking the buoyant magic of Marc Chagall, but also sometimes descending into the cramped world of the tenements. --NPR's Fresh Air [Finck] brings an entirely new dimension to what has become, for modern readers, a portal into a world that feels impossibly distant. --The Paris Review (online review) [A] sharp, evocative style that reminds me sometimes of Ben Katchor and other times of Roz Chast. Finck s book is more than a collection of advice columns, though-it s an imaginative leap into the art of nostalgia I really loved A Bintel Brief. --Slate A wonderfully illustrated gem of a book I ve read that story several times over the years, but rarely savored it quite the way I did with Finck s book. This is because of the drawings. --Tablet [A] rich, hilarious and authentic fable. Finck s versatility and imagination makes this book a delight. --Miami Herald Taken together, even just these 11 letters provide an invaluable sooty window onto life on the Lower East Side.... A Bintel Brief makes you positively hungry to read comparable letters to American immigrant newspapers around the country right now. --New York Times [A] sharp, evocative style that reminds me sometimes of Ben Katchor and other times of Roz Chast. Finck's book is more than a collection of advice columns, though-it's an imaginative leap into the art of nostalgia...I really loved A Bintel Brief. --Slate

[A] rich, hilarious and authentic fable. ...Finck's versatility and imagination makes this book a delight. --Miami Herald

Taken together, even just these 11 letters provide an invaluable sooty window onto life on the Lower East Side.... A Bintel Brief makes you positively hungry to read comparable letters to American immigrant newspapers around the country right now. --New York Times

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Liana Finck studied fine art and graphic design at Cooper Union College. A former Fulbright fellow and recipient of a Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists, her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Forward and Tablet, among other publications. She lives in New York City.

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