The Jewish Daily Forward (8/11/2014)
Looking for the Next Philip Roth
Our Authors and their Work:
The Last Commandment – Poems by Alan Toltzis
Using elegant, vivid, and carefully crafted language, The Last Commandment examines the nature of love, family, the creative process, and the connection between nature and ourselves. The 54 poems, each inspired by the weekly Torah portion, are meditations, insights, personal recollections, and stem from a deep reading of original Biblical texts and commentaries. Deeply nuanced, these poems can be appreciated or their lyricism, spirituality, and their fresh outlook on our world and beyond.
For more information and to order books: www.alantoltzis.com
Americans & Other Stories – Fred Skolnik
In this collection of 26 stories (Fomite Press, 417 pp.), the author of The Other Shore and Death offers a varied selection of his absorbing short fiction, ranging from the realistic to the surreal and wildly satiric. Available at Amazon or directly from Fomite.
What She Lost – Melissa W. Hunter
For thirteen-year-old Sarah Waldman, life in the small Polish town of Olkusz is idyllic, grounded in her loving, close-knit family and the traditions of their Jewish faith. But in 1939, as the Nazis come to power, a storm is gathering-a relentless, unforgiving storm that will sweep Sarah and her family into years of misery in the ghetto and concentration camps, tearing them apart. Will Sarah’s strong will and determination be enough for her to survive when everything she loves is taken from her? Is it possible to resurrect a life-and find love-from the ruins? Or will Sarah be forever haunted by the memories of what she lost? Part memoir, part fiction, What She Lost is the reimagined true-life story of the author’s grandmother growing into a woman amid the anguish of the Holocaust. It is a tale of resilience, of rebuilding a life, and of rediscovering love.
Available in both ebook and paperback from Amazon or Cynren Press directly.
A novel of mine is on the market that dramatizes the heroic 1944 prisoner uprising at the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. “The Trumpets of Jericho: A Tale of the Holocaust” is the only book I know of, fiction or nonfiction, to explore that remarkable episode of Jewish resistance to the Nazis in all its depth and complexity.
I’m wondering if you do book reviews, and if so how I would go about having one posted in your journal. Both print and digital copies of “Trumpets” are available, should you require one. Please advise at your leisure.