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.
A Girl During the War: A Story of Courage and Grit
Tag: fiction
Introducing “Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine”
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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.
Continuing the Story of Ivanhoe’s Rebecca
Yona Zeldis McDonough
A Novel About a Jewish female doctor. In the Middle Ages.
Fiction: “Worms”
Simona Zaretsky
Spider crawls across the rim of pot. I flick it into the rain pounding down. Search the flowerbeds for squirming bodies, run my fingers gently through wet earth waiting for their silky touch.
Fiction: Vocabulary for Fruit
Maya Afilalo
“I wanted to tell her about the look on my father’s face when I refused to accompany him to the Kol Nidre service…”
The Past is Still With Us: Melodie Winawer Q&A
Yona Zeldis McDonough
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.
There is Still Time!
Lilith Staff
The deadline for Lilith’s Annual Fiction Contest has been extended until January 31st!
A Novel Takes on the Thorny World of Surrogacy
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Nuances and potential landmines arise with such a radically new way to bring children into the world.
Rhiannon McGavin on Poems, Dreams, and Tkhines
Alexa Hulse
Los Angeles-based poet Rhiannon McGavin talks to Lilth about her sophomore collection of poetry, Grocery List Poems.
Louise Fein on The Hidden Child: Eugenics, Epilepsy, and Women’s Roles
Yona Zeldis McDonough
The new novel, “The Hidden Child”, set in Britain in the years between the two world wars, exposes—and challenges— pernicious ideas about epilepsy and sheds a more benevolent light on the disorder.