by Miriam Karpilove, translated by Jessica Kirzane
Syracuse University Press, November 2019
From the perch of a diarist writing in first person about her own love life, Karpilove’s novel offers a raw personal criticism of radical leftist immigrant youth culture in early twentieth century New York.
Reviews:
Mikhl Krutikov, “A satirical view of young immigrant Jews in New York 100 Years ago,” Forverts (Yiddish)
Yona Zeldis McDonough, “A New Translation of a Yiddish Comic Gem,” Lilith blog.
Janice Weizman, Reading Jewish Fiction.
Madeleine Cohen, “The Feminine Ending: On Women’s Writing in Yiddish, Now Available in English,” Los Angeles Review of Books.
Dara Horn, “(Not Much) Sex in the City,” Tablet.
Faith Jones, “Diary of a Lonely Girl: A Queer Reading,” In geveb.
Adina Applebaum, Jewish Book Council
Jessica Kirzane 