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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.

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No student of American Jewish writing needs to be reminded that Jules Chametzky is one of its pioneers.... He now caps a distinguished career as critic, editor, and teacher with this delightful volume of memoirs.--Joseph C. Landis, editor of Yiddish-Modern Jewish Studies

<p>No student of American Jewish writing needs to be reminded that Jules Chametzky is one of its pioneers.... He now caps a distinguished career as critic, editor, and teacher with this delightful volume of memoirs.--Joseph C. Landis, editor of Yiddish-Modern Jewish Studies

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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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