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I NEVER KNEW my uncle Robert and there is no one living who remembers him. My father doesn’t remember him— although there was an empty space in the house where he... Read more »
Care and community in dark times. Novelists and playwrights reimagine family history. More writers over 40 debuting in Lilith’s pages.
I NEVER KNEW my uncle Robert and there is no one living who remembers him. My father doesn’t remember him— although there was an empty space in the house where he... Read more »
What about Miss Bun Bun? She paid for my mistake with her life? What kind of karma was that?
With an adolescent’s gift for being a truffle pig for hypocrisy, I couldn’t accept these limitations.
This is not a song or a story with a Star of David on it. This is the sacrificing of their children on the slabs of politics like burnt offerings...
Sasha Vasilyuk’s debut novel, Your Presence Is Mandatory (Bloomsbury, 2024), defies categorization—at once historical fiction, family saga, and World War II thriller, drawing from Vasilyuk’s own family history. Your Presence... Read more »
I’m five years old, and I’m walking down the hill to our neighborhood elementary school, holding tight to my grandfather’s rough and calloused hand. The school is doubling as a... Read more »
Conservative groups are working to get diverse books—including Holocaust books—off school shelves; staying vigilant and flighting back will be crucial.
Standing in front of my fridge with my baby on my hip, I stared at the unopened bags of breastmilk, calculating how much I should give away. What if I suddenly... Read more »
How to combat mental health stigma in your own community.
A conversation with Nina F. Grünfeld about Frida: My Long-Lost Grandmother’s War, recently released in English.