Yona Zeldis McDonough
Anita Abriel, the author of novels set during World War II, on why she endows her young protagonists with such courage and grit.
Anita Abriel, the author of novels set during World War II, on why she endows her young protagonists with such courage and grit.
Lilith is thrilled to share with you the forthcoming release of Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine (October 6, 2022; Brandeis University Press), edited by Susan Weidman Schneider and Yona Zeldis McDonough.
“All over the country women were running for state, local, and national office and I just decided to go for it.”
So, T and I came up with a compromise. I would show up to her daughter’s Purim reading, in costume, dressed AS a mechitza, and stand on the men’s side.
Q & A on Sue Shapiros novel “The Book Bible” and her advice to future authors.
Melodie Winawer talks with Fiction Editor Yona Zeldis McDonough about weaving together the seemingly disparate strands of her life into one highly original and engaging story.
Two of my pregnancies ended in miscarriage, and the other two resulted in the greatest joys of my life. But all four were a burden — emotionally and physically, personally and professionally.
As I look at my new daughter, I think about what a few more decades of restrictions could mean for her future. I knead harder.
If “The Sex Lives of College Girls” feels very familiar, it’s because, to any Gen Xer or older millennial who went, or knows someone who went, to an elite university, it’s supposed to be.