Yona Zeldis McDonough
Lilith talks to Melanie Roth Gorelick about the documentary she made about her mother, Joan Roth, and what it was like growing up with a living legend.
Joan Roth’s Photography, Onscreen
Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough
A Tale of Midlife Self-Discovery
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Melissa Giberson found out that divorcing a husband of many years and telling her kids that she was gay was the hardest thing she’d ever done.
Elyssa Friedland on Female Friendships Over Time
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Elyssa Friedland talks to Lilith’s Yona Zeldis McDonough about The Most Likely Club and the enduring power of female friendships.
A Comics Artist Takes on Her Family’s War Story
Yona Zeldis McDonough
A comic strip about going into hiding during the Holocaust: Miriam Katin’s We Are On Our Own.
Talking to Anne Burt, Author of “The Dig”
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Anne Burt talks to Lilith about her debut novel, The Dig, and her character’s struggle to reconcile her own ambitions while remaining loyal to her beloved, idealistic brother.
Michelle Brafman’s Characters Are Under Water
Yona Zeldis McDonough
How the novel “Swimming With Ghosts” makes waves.
Meryl Ain on “Shadows We Carry”
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Author Meryl Ain talks to Lilith about twins, bloodlines, and Jewish identity in her post-Holocaust novel, “Shadows We Carry.”
Penny Jackson on “My Daughter’s Boyfriends”
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Author Penny Jackson talks to Lilith about why she loves the short story form and her recent collection, “My Daughter’s Boyfriends.”
Alli Frank and Asha Youmans on Their Collaborative Novel
Yona Zeldis McDonough
The way two very different women find common ground is at the heart and soul of the novel Never Meant to Meet You and its two authors—one white, the other Black—talk to Yona Zeldis McDonough about how they came together to write it.
A Winding Jewish Journey
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Aftermath: Coming-of-Age on Three Continents charts the winding journey of Annette Liebskind Bervokvitz.