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Funny, You Don't Look Funny

Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials

by Jennifer Caplan ...

Across generations, humor has been a place for American Jews to explore the relationship between Jewish identity, practices, and history.In this comprehensive approach to Jewish humor focused on the relationship between humor and American Jewish practice, Jennifer Caplan calls us to adopt a more expansive view of what it means to "do Jewish," revealing that American Jews have turned, and continue ... Read more

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Across generations, humor has been a place for American Jews to explore the relationship between Jewish identity, practices, and history.In this comprehensive approach to Jewish humor focused on the relationship between humor and American Jewish practice, Jennifer Caplan calls us to adopt a more expansive view of what it means to "do Jewish," revealing that American Jews have turned, and continue
... Read more
Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females

Gender, Temporality—and Yentas

by Marleen S. Barr, Daniel J. Brin, Leigh Gold, Lisa Goldstein, Elana Gomel, Danielle Gurevitch, Lori Harrison-Kahan, Elyce Rae Helford, Erga Heller, Adeena Karasick0, Pamela Sargent1, Lance Strate2, Jack Dann3, David Brin4, Jennifer Caplan5, Professor or Dr. Steven Shaviro6 ...

Series series Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy
Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females: Gender, Temporality—and Yentas, the fourth volume in Marleen S. Barr’s Future Females critical feminist science fiction anthology series, is the first essay collection devoted to Jewish women science fiction writers. The anthology forges new alliances across disciplinary boundaries—feminist theory, science fiction, and Jewish Studies—by ... Read more

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Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future Females: Gender, Temporality—and Yentas, the fourth volume in Marleen S. Barr’s Future Females critical feminist science fiction anthology series, is the first essay collection devoted to Jewish women science fiction writers. The anthology forges new alliances across disciplinary boundaries—feminist theory, science fiction, and Jewish Studies—by
... Read more
Ploughshares Winter 2020-2021

by Ladette Randolph, John Skoyles, Nick Arvin, Gina Ochsner, Steve Almond, Sylvie Baumgartel, Jennifer Givhan, Kelli Russell Agodon, Justin Balog, Shauna Barbosa, J. Mae Barizo, Christopher Buckley, Michael Burkard, Nora Caplan-Bricker, Elaine Chou, Emily Cinquemani, Katie Condon, Jackie Craven, Caroline Crew, Evgeniya Dame, Fay Dillof, Shangyang Fang, Corey Flintoff, Jessica Goodfellow, Matthew E. Henry, David Keplinger, Ted Kooser, Laurie Lamon, Michael Lavers, Kathleen Lee, Eugenia Leigh, Ruth Madievsky, Alexandra Marshall, Gary McDowell, Paul Muldoon, Janice Northerns, Suphil  Park, Madelin Parsley, Emily Pittinos, Christina Pugh, Jeremy Radin, David Roderick, Craig van Rooyen, Noah Warren, Mason Wray, He Xiang, Jane Zwart ...

The Winter 2020-21 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Winter 2020-21 Issue, edited ... Read more

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The Winter 2020-21 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Winter 2020-21 Issue, edited
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Replacement Parts

The Ethics of Procuring and Replacing Organs in Humans

by Arthur L. Caplan, James J. McCartney, Daniel P. Reid, Elysa R. Koppelman, Robert D. Truog, Franklin G. Miller, Scott D. Halpern, Frank C. Chaten0, Winston Chiong1, David Magnus2, Ben S. Wilfond3, Karol Wojtyła4, D. Alan Shewmon5, James L. Bernat6, Dominic Wilkinson7, Julian Savulescu8, Kristin Zeiler9, Elisabeth Furberg0, Gunnar Tufveson1, Staffen Welin2, Alexander M. Capron3, Richard M. Zaner4, Canadian Paediatric Society5, Ahad J. Ghods6, Shokoufeh Savaj7, Amelie Raz8, Rachel Kohn9, Michael Rey0, David A. Asch1, Peter Reese2, Sheila M. Rothman3, David J. Rothman4, Leigh Turner5, Gabriel M. Danovitch6, Alan B. Leichtman7, David Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber8, Robert Fitzgerald9, Kyle Powys Whyte0, Evan Selinger1, Jathan Sadowski2, Ian Kennedy3, Robert A. Sells4, Abdallah S. Daar5, Ronald D. Guttmann6, Raymond Hoffenberg7, Michael Lock8, Janet Radcliffe-Richards9, Nicholas L. Tilney0, Sahin Aksoy1, Jennifer A. Chandler2, Jacquelyn A. Burkell3, Sam D. Shemie4, Barbara L. Neades5, David Serur6, Michael R. Charlton7, Charles Bradley Wallis8, Kannan P. Samy9, Alvin Elliot Roth0, Michael A. Rees1, Kristina Fiore2, Francis L. Delmonico3, Rosamond Rhodes4, Thomas D. Schiano5, Mohammad Sanaei Ardekani6, Janis M. Orlowski7, Jennifer deSante8 ...

In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary ... Read more

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In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary
... Read more
Wit Happens

Global Jewish Humor

Edited by Jennifer Caplan, Jarrod Tanny, Avinoam Patt ...

A collection that proves Jewish humor knows no geographic bounds.Searching for some well-traveled humor? Look no further than this innovative collection, which investigates Jewish humor in television, film, comedy performance, and literature spanning Canada, the US, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This wide-ranging compilation of Jewish "humors"—from the fallout of a Holocaust ... Read more

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A collection that proves Jewish humor knows no geographic bounds.Searching for some well-traveled humor? Look no further than this innovative collection, which investigates Jewish humor in television, film, comedy performance, and literature spanning Canada, the US, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This wide-ranging compilation of Jewish "humors"—from the fallout of a Holocaust
... Read more
Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians

An Anthology of Oral History Education

by Lisa Krissoff Boehm, Michael Brooks, Patrick W. Carlton, Fran Chadwick, Margaret Smith Crocco, Jennifer Braithwait Darrow, Toby Daspit, Joseph DeFilippo, Susan Douglass, David King Dunaway, Sandy Eades, The Foxfire Fund, Inc., Amy S. Green, Ronald J. Grele, M. Gail Hickey, Cliff Kuhn, Erin McCarthy, Marjorie L. McLellan, Susan Moon, Charles Morrissey, John A. Neuenschwander, Rich Nixon, Irma M. Olmedo, Sandy Polishuk, Alessandro Portelli, Kimberly K. Porter, Troy Reeves, Donald A. Ritchie, Marie Scatena, David Sidwell, Ronald Simon, Alan Stein, Debra Sutphen, Kathryn Walbert, Glenn Whitman, John D. Willard, 5th, Linda P. Wood ...

Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their own teaching. ... Read more

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Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their own teaching.
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The Midnight Show

A Novel

by Lee Kelly, Jennifer Thorne ...

Narrated by Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Hillary Huber, Marni Penning, Lisa Flanagan, Lee Osorio, Dan Bittner, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Sophie Amoss, Vas Eli, Barton Caplan, Nayib Felix, Full Cast ...

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9 hours 54 min

An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedy—and what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears.**“An utterly addictive read.”—Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the LieONE OF MARIE CLAIRE’S BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR SO FAR**In the 1980s, women were not supposed to be funny. But when a ... Read more

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An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedy—and what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears.**“An utterly addictive read.”—Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the LieONE OF MARIE CLAIRE’S BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR SO FAR**In the 1980s, women were not supposed to be funny. But when a
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Last Night in Brooklyn

A Novel

by Xochitl Gonzalez ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Rodriguez ...

Unabridged

7 hours 37 min

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY TIME, OPRAH DAILY, USA TODAY, PEOPLE, ELECTRIC LIT, HARPER'S BAZAAR, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, TOWN & COUNTRY, SHE READS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, AND MORE!**New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her ... ... Read more

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NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY TIME, OPRAH DAILY, USA TODAY, PEOPLE, ELECTRIC LIT, HARPER'S BAZAAR, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, TOWN & COUNTRY, SHE READS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, AND MORE!**New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her ...
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The Intrigue

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ...

Narrated by Andre Bellido ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this sizzling noir “so stylishly evil, it begs for a movie version” (NPR’s Fresh Air), seduction is the ultimate con. Descend into a world of desire, danger, and greed with the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night.“Lush and passionate with magnetic prose . . . The Intrigue will grab you by the throat and not let go until its earth ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this sizzling noir “so stylishly evil, it begs for a movie version” (NPR’s Fresh Air), seduction is the ultimate con. Descend into a world of desire, danger, and greed with the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night.“Lush and passionate with magnetic prose . . . The Intrigue will grab you by the throat and not let go until its earth
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The Infamous Gilberts

A Novel

by Angela Tomaski ...

Narrated by Michael Bertenshaw ...

Unabridged

8 hours 1 min

“A thrilling debut that absolutely delivers” (Town & Country) in which the lines between eccentricity and madness, cruelty and love become hilariously, heartbreakingly blurred.The keys to the mighty Gothic mansion of Thornwalk are about to be handed over to a luxury hotelier. They will spend millions in the restoration, but in doing so, what will be erased?The reader is invited on a tour of this ... Read more

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“A thrilling debut that absolutely delivers” (Town & Country) in which the lines between eccentricity and madness, cruelty and love become hilariously, heartbreakingly blurred.The keys to the mighty Gothic mansion of Thornwalk are about to be handed over to a luxury hotelier. They will spend millions in the restoration, but in doing so, what will be erased?The reader is invited on a tour of this
... Read more

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Just Watch Me

A Novel

by Lior Torenberg ...

Narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

“Funny, chatty, weird, and at times unexpectedly poignant.” —Electric LiteratureFleabag meets Big Swiss in this “one-of-a-kind debut” (Cosmopolitan) about a charismatic misfit who livestreams her life for seven days and nights to raise money to save her comatose sister—a poignant and darkly funny exploration of grief, forgiveness, and redemption.Dell Danvers is barely keeping it together. She’s ... Read more

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“Funny, chatty, weird, and at times unexpectedly poignant.” —Electric LiteratureFleabag meets Big Swiss in this “one-of-a-kind debut” (Cosmopolitan) about a charismatic misfit who livestreams her life for seven days and nights to raise money to save her comatose sister—a poignant and darkly funny exploration of grief, forgiveness, and redemption.Dell Danvers is barely keeping it together. She’s
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Prestige Drama

by Séamas O'Reilly ...

Narrated by Kate Handford, Seamas O'Reilly, Charlie Bonner, Charlie Kelly, Diona Doherty, Eleanor Methven, Frankie McCafferty, Ian McElhinney, Jamie Beamish, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Melanie McHugh, Niall Wright ...

Unabridged

4 hours 33 min

“Séamas O’Reilly has created a vast mosaic of voices, each sparkling with heartache and wit. I’m in love with every character in this novel, and like most prestige dramas, it ended far too soon.” —Caroline O'Donoghue, author of The Rachel IncidentA dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus—and nobody’s version is the same.In Derry, the ... Read more

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“Séamas O’Reilly has created a vast mosaic of voices, each sparkling with heartache and wit. I’m in love with every character in this novel, and like most prestige dramas, it ended far too soon.” —Caroline O'Donoghue, author of The Rachel IncidentA dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus—and nobody’s version is the same.In Derry, the
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