Very Exciting News...
That, in spite of being me. I've managed to keep under wraps for quite a while
I'm beyond excited to share your news that I'm joining Elissa Wald and Howard Lovy in a new venture.
From Elissa:
At this moment, I’m assembling a dream team of Jewish book people to partner with and we are filing lots of paperwork. This includes Howard Lovy, Jewish essayist and former managing editor of the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) who has his own great substack here, and Sarah Einstein, author of MOT: A Memoir and founding editor of Signal Mountain Review, who also has her own excellent substack here.
We are founding this press as a direct response to what’s happening to Jews in publishing at this time. In a world where lists of Zionist authors to boycott are circulating among millions of readers (and by “Zionist” they literally mean any Jew and even many a non-Jew who has ever visited or mentioned Israel in a non-hateful-way) and a staggering number of lit mags now have submission guidelines that say things like: No racism, homophobia or Zionism, we will be explicitly and unapologetically Zionist-friendly and we will promote our writers to the hilt. We will also do everything in our power to promote as wide a range of Jewish voices as possible.
Stay tuned! It's going to be an adventure!
Wow, Sarah, that really is exciting! Way to go, you. Your mama is so proud.
Love this! Mazel tov!