... , 2007 Hebrew Writers on Writing , ed. Cole Peter , Trinity University Press , San Antonio , 2008 The New Christians , Jones Tony , Jossey-Bass 2008 Making Sustainability Work , Epstein Mark J. , Berrett-Koehler , 2008...

... section we continue that discussion and give special thanks to Erik Gleibermann who helped us find some of those writers in this section who have not previously appeared in Tikkun magazine. Please note that you will also find other articles for this section that appear only on the homepage of our website...

...PAUL BRESLIN All at Once Farrar, Straus, and Giroux , 2014 by Williams C.K. Writers Writing Dying Farrar, Straus, and Giroux , 2012 by Williams C.K. On Whitman Princeton University Press , 2010 by Williams C.K. Copyright © Tikkun magazine 2014 I...

... of its own, it’s brought forth a remarkable number of major poets and fiction writers. “1984” by Jacob Porat Poets including Hayyim Bialik, Yehuda Amichai, Uri Zvi Rabin’s, can best be described as lacking anything like...

... aspects usually cohere into some kind of pattern. But what constitutes Jewish poetry? Round up a large enough sample of different writers, and any of the above elements may start to cancel or contradict one another. Any observation you can make, the opposite is also likely to be true. Factor...

...Wildstreak/Sweetwater As in the real world, there are all kinds of people in the game worlds. Not all gamers are misfits and malcontents. The most basic division is between the role-players (known by insiders as “RPers”) and the “normal” players. As a writer, I gravitated toward the role-players...

...David Sterritt The Ghost Writer , Summit Entertainment , 2010 The White Ribbon , Sony Pictures Classics , 2009 Shutter Island , Paramount Pictures , 2010 Copyright © Tikkun magazine 2010 r - CULTURE...

.... Lehman listens deeply for the Jewish Peter Dale Scott was one of the few. A note, not only in the lyrics, but in the former Canadian diplomat, and a cele­ music. Where else but here could you dis­ brated writer about...

...Ayelet Waldman Copyright © 2017 Tikkun magazine 2017 T hough i am a writer by trade , I am an attorney by training, one with a near fanatic devotion to the ideals of the United States Constitution, as revised and expanded beyond its slavery-tarnished origins. What I love most about America...

... for the first time or being given the chance to become reacquainted with a much-beloved writer, this richly quilted narrative offers multiple views of a woman extraordinary and exemplary in her authenticity. Grace Paley is vastly more than a sum of her parts: poet, mother, teacher, and activist. Rivlin’s...

...Ashley Bates “Fiction just has this extraordinary power to transport people and to make them able to understand other worlds because of the emotional connection that it provides,” says Dabbagh. Fahmida Riaz, a Pakistani writer of feminist poetry featured in Tablet & Pen, agrees...

... in the Midwest where the only place for a writer to sit and write and have a good cup of coffee is the local grocery store. The place has none of the ambience of a coffee house. No warm and complementary colors on the wall. No wood furniture. No art on the walls. No jazz or alternative music. It has all...

... been publishing verse and various genres of prose since the 1970s, creating a distinguished body of writing, the Armenian-American writer Peter Balakian remains something of a well-kept secret. The politics of literary reputation are always fickle, but in Balakian’s case the relative neglect of his...

..., interspersing film clips and archive could reveal a good deal about conceptions materials with reminiscences about the of identify in the not-so-distant past. ■ documentary about writer-director-star show by such luminaries as Supreme Court Gertrude Berg and her fondly...

..., sustainable relationship with the planet? For writers who share these doubts, Karen Hering’s new book is heartening. Writing to Wake the Soul: Opening the Sacred Conversation Within offers a refreshingly socially conscious approach to writing as a spiritual practice. To grapple well with the big...

... Jewish culture? In good talmudic fashion, editors Stephen Miller and Daniel Morris and their writers tease out the original question into a whole host of them, provoking lively discussion that often addresses some of the most pressing concerns of secular Jews today. What does it mean to claim...

... as well as Jewish — and have many Christian readers and writers — the idea of taking on something as sacred to the Christian world as the cross gave us pause. The last thing we want to do is convey disrespect to the Christian community and its complex internal debates. On the other hand, having already...