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18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dara Horn, a leading contemporary Jewish writer, about how fiction and non-fiction can change the way we view our fellow Jews. While we at 18Forty love scholarly and factual writing, fiction has long enabled the Jewish people to be more imaginative and contemplative about the meaning of Jewish identity and memory in our collective past, present, and future. In this episode we discuss:
- What is Dara Horn’s writing process?
- What is the role of belief in literature?
- Are there living Jews whom we struggle to love?
Tune in to hear a conversation about how, as Dara says, “the uncomfortable moments are where the story is.”
Interview begins at 7:17. Dara Horn is a Jewish American novelist, essayist, and professor of literature. She has written five novels and in 2021, released a non-fiction essay collection titled
People Love Dead Jews, which was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in non-fiction. Her other books include
All Other Nights,
The World to Come, Eternal Life, and A Guide for the Perplexed. Dara joins us to talk about Jewish stories, in fiction and non-fiction.
References:Eternal Life by Dara Horn
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Sin•a•gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought by David Bashevkin
Breakdown & Bereavement by Yosef Haim Brenner
“
Becoming Anne Frank” by Dara Horn
People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn
“
Savoring the Haterade: Why Jews Love Dara Horn’s ‘People Love Dead Jews’” by Shaul Magid
“
American Jews Know How This Story Goes” by Dara Horn
Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
All Other Nights by Dara Horn
College Commons Podcast from Hebrew Union College
Adventures with Dead Jews from Dara Horn
Mr. Mani by A. B. Yehoshua
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz
“
Message” by Avi Shafran
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