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Album Review: Punch Brothers, All Ashore (2018)
Released in July of 2018, the album pursues timelessness by firmly rooting itself in the here and now of its current moment, considering themes of isolation and division, love and transcendence in a fracturing age. Read more
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Opal & Nev Review Published at TCR
A review I wrote of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, Dawnie Walton’s debut novel, was published today at The Coachella Review, the literary journal operated by students in my MFA program. I also read for the fiction section, and our Summer 2021 issue dropped at the beginning of the month–if you’d like toContinue… Read more
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Book Review: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s Friday Black
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, in his story collection Friday Black, grapples directly with big questions about race, history, capitalism, violence and the idea of America with such grace and ingenuity that the work sings with insight and relevance without sacrificing any literary merit. Read more
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Note: Sorry, Bari
It takes a certain type of insidiously selective ahistoricism to understand—to feel viscerally—the impact that centuries- and millennia-old events continue to visit on Jews living today and at the same time deny that the events of 400 years of American history continue to impact the lives of today’s Black Americans. Read more
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Alma: A Jewish Response to Trump’s Covid Diagnosis?
An essay I wrote about Jewish responses to Trump’s COVID diagnosis was published today at Alma. Check it out. Read more
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5781 Tashlich Source Sheet
I created this source sheet for tashlich. I hope it creates space for reflection and meaningful contemplation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_F6hiopfqTLiIyxtZxx4C8V0wFdPrrMjr9hTik9Tq-I/edit?usp=sharing Read more
Adam Zemel 