Lebanon: No Going Back
Carolyn Marie Souaid remembers a country of promise and hope, but also a land of despair and ruins.
Carolyn Marie Souaid remembers a country of promise and hope, but also a land of despair and ruins.
Kenneth Radu’s reflections on his family history and a poignant photograph from the past enrich his engagement with Felicia Mihali’s A Ramshackle Home, deepening his understanding of its themes of memory, cultural roots, and the complexities of returning to one’s origins.
Ann Charney is an award-winning writer who was born in Poland and has spent most of her life in Montreal, where she has worked as a columnist for Maclean’s and a feature writer at Saturday Night as well as publishing four novels and a collection of essays entitled Defiance in their Eyes.
Listen to Sivan Slapak's feature on The Shmooze, The Yiddish Book Center's podcast