My Upcoming Appearances
Talks about 'Fear No Pharaoh' and a new collection I edited about the Supreme Court.
I am working on editing the next episode of THINK BACK, definitely one of my favorites thus far; it will be posted in the middle of next week.
In the meantime, I want to let you know about a few upcoming appearances I have scheduled to talk about my work, in the off-chance that you would like to come hear me mumble speak, live and in the flesh.
Wednesday, October 22, I will be interviewing The Nation’s justice correspondent Elie Mystal at the book launch for a new volume of Nation writings about the Supreme Court going back more than 150 years. The Nine Have Spoken: The Nation vs. the Supreme Court, 1870 to Today, edited by yours truly, gathers some material from across the magazine’s history focused on the Court, its major decisions, and various plans over the years for reforming it. The Nation’s publisher and editorial director Katrina vanden Heuvel will introduce the event, which starts at 6pm at a delightfully old-school Lower East Side bar called the Francis Kite Club. (The book’s publisher, OR Books, is headquartered in the backroom.) Come on out, pick up a copy of the book, and say hello. RSVP required.
Then, a month from now, on Sunday, November 16, I will be at the New York Jewish Book Festival at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in Battery Park, to talk about my book Fear No Pharaoh with Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call For Human Rights, a social-justice advocacy group whose work I admire. I will also sign copies of my book after the talk.
(No hard feelings if you instead go see the novelist Sam Sussman appearing at the same time — 11:30am — on a panel about new Jewish fiction; I’m greatly enjoying his moving new novel, Boy From the North Country, about his very likely being Bob Dylan’s son — and much more besides. But do come to mine instead.)
Hope to see some of you there. Also, friendly reminder to *please* leave a review of THINK BACK on Apple or on Spotify, which will help new listeners find the show. And if you have some private feedback for me on how I can improve the podcast, you can reply directly to this email. Thank you kindly!