Tag: Irving Howe

"Nobody's Fool" is a bilingual edition of Isaac Bashevis Singer's signature short story, Gimpel the Fool, featuring Singer's original Yiddish text, Saul Bellow's famous 1953 translation, and a new translation by David Stromberg.
Stanley Crouch, a prominent African-American writer, was influenced by Ralph Ellison's ideas about being Black in America and being a writer.
The article reflects on the impact of Philip Roth's death on the Jewish American literary landscape, highlighting the significance of his works like "Portnoys Complaint," "American Pastoral," "The Plot Against America," "Sabbath's Theater," and "Goodbye, Columbus."
The text discusses the relationship between the author and Norman Podhoretz, the editor of Commentary magazine, focusing on Podhoretz's controversial views on race, Judaism, and the coverage of the trial of Adolf Eichmann by Hannah Arendt.
The text discusses the author's relationship with Irving Howe and their collaboration on Yiddish literature projects.