Joy Horowitz
Articles
The Wisdom of Oscar Hammerstein II: A Conversation with Laurie Winer
Joy Horowitz speaks with Laurie Winer about her book “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical.”
A Wacky Road to Redemption: On Francine Prose’s “The Vixen”
This fictional evocation of the 1950s Red Scare is warm, angry, and laugh-aloud funny.
Ordinary Courage: A Conversation with Laurel Leff
Laurel Leff discusses her new book about how American universities responded to the Holocaust.
Grabbing the Narrative for Yourself: An Interview with Jamie Bernstein
A poignant, revealing memoir by the daughter of Leonard Bernstein.
A Love Affair with a Tree: What One Red Oak Can Teach Us About Climate Change
The tale of a love affair between a reporter and a tree.
The Emerging Genre of Slut Lit
The emerging genre of Slut Lit reminds us how women’s bodies have always been a sort of Rorschach test for society’s deeper anxieties about women’s roles.
Wild Literary Geographies
David Gessner gives us some hope, even as he provides a renewed understanding of the true vulnerability of the American West.
Too Jewish?: The Making of Fiddler on the Roof
Initially investors, particularly Jewish investors, feared that Fiddler on the Roof show be considered “too ethnic,” meaning “too Jewish.”
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