Publishers Weekly!

Ladies and germs, the first review is in. (This is from PW, the industry rag that reviews books a couple of months in advance of the release date, so that (among other things) potential reviewers can skim the listings of new books and decide what looks interesting and...

No Turning Back Now

They have now printed and distributed invitations to ordination, with my name listed on the side along with those of my seven classmates mentsches. Since it would be really embarrassing to have to use White-Out at this late date, I guess they’re going to have to...

So Worth Seeing

HBO has a wonderful new documentary out called Autism: The Musical about, yes, a group of autistic kids working together in a theater group. It chronicles a few kids, as well as their parents and their struggles and triumphs. It’s heartbreaking and moving and...

Feminism and the NYTBR

One of the best articles in the current issue of Bitch is about the way the NYT Book Review handles titles with explicitly feminist content–and, most notably, who they tap to review such books. I’ve seen this happen a few times (including with...