Short Stories, Irish literature, Classics, Modern Fiction, Contemporary Literary Fiction, The Japanese Novel, Post Colonial Asian Fiction, The Legacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and quality Historical Novels are Among my Interests








Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The Reading Life Review - June 2020



June Authors 



Column One

1. Sam Liptzin - Belarus to USA - prolific Yiddish author
2. Fradel Shtok - Austro-Hungaria to USA - Yiddish language stories focusing on women
3. Jane Boules - USA to Morocco - Two Serious Women
4. Sarah Hames-Jacklyn - Poland to Canada, Short Stories, well known Yiddish Theater Preformer

Column Two

1. Amos Elon - USA - historian focusing on Jewish history, author of The Pity of it All - The German Jewish Experience - read but no post
2. Avrom Reyzen - Belarus to USA - Yiddish author
3. Mavis Gallant - Canada to France
4. Alison Mac!eod. Canada to USA   Multi awarded novelist, author of two Short Story Collections

Column Three

1. Danielle Evans - USA - highly regarded Short Story Writer, author Before You Suffagate Your Fool Self
2. Ruby Cowling - UK - author The Paradise - I hope to follow her work from now on
3. R. L. Maizes - USA - Short Story Writer. We Love You Anderson Cooper
4. James Joyce - Ireland

Column Four

1. Kelly Link - USA - highly regarded Short Story Writer
2. Jonah Rosenfeld - Ukraine to USA - Yiddish Short Story Writer
3. Pingmei Lan - China to USA - 2019 Pen Short Story Winner
4. Chikodili Emelumdu - Nigeria - 2020 Caine Short Story Prize Finalist

Birth land of Authors


1. USA - 7
2. UK - 2
3. Austria- 1
4. Poland - 1
5. Belarus - 1
6. Canada - 1
7. Ireland - 1
8. Ukraine- 1
9. China - 1
10. Nigeria- 1

During June, 2020 12 female writers were featured and five men, nine deceased and eight living.  Ten writers were featured on The Reading Life for the first time. Nine of the authors immigrated from their birth country.

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Future Plans.

I Will be focusing on literary and nonfiction works with a Paris Focus In July,I Will do a post on that soon.















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