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Jewish intellectuals and the "deep places of the imagination".(Lionel Trilling)

This essay considers whether American Jewish intellectuals have achieved the sublime combination of emotion and intellect characteristic of the...
Shofar, 03/22/03 by Krupnick, Mark · More from publication
The art of the obituary.

Some newspaper readers start their days with the sports section or the crossword puzzle. I start with the death notices. My favorite American...
American Scholar, 09/22/02 by Krupnick, Mark · More from publication
Revisiting Morrie: Were His Last Words Too Good To Be True? For Another ALS Sufferer; the Brandeis Prof's Upbeat Message Falls Tragically Short

Krupnick, Mark Forward 01-25-2002 No doubt it is imprudent to write critically of Morrie Schwartz, who became a national icon as a victim of...
Forward, 01/25/02 by Krupnick, Mark · More from publication
Death and the Men of Letters: Measuring Roth and Bellow by the Way They Handle the Final Question

Krupnick, Mark Forward 07-06-2001 Death and the Men of Letters: Measuring Roth and Bellow by the Way They Handle the Final Question By...
Forward, 07/06/01 by Krupnick, Mark · More from publication
A Chicagoan, born & bred. - Review - book review

Bellow Bellow A Biography James Atlas Random House, $35, 686 pp. James Atlas's long-awaited biography of Saul Bellow has been more than a...
Commonweal, 02/23/01 by Mark Krupnick · More from publication
RELIGION & THE MODERN NOVEL : What my Japanese students helped me see

I have spent the last two summers teaching English literature to Japanese adults who come to the University of Chicago to finish their work for a...
Commonweal, 05/05/00 by Mark Krupnick · More from publication

I Married a Communist

I Married a Communist. By Phillip Roth. Houghton Mifflin, 323 pp., $26.00 I Married a Communist. By Phillip Roth. Houghton Mifflin, 323 pp.,...
Christian Century, 01/06/99 by Mark Krupnick · More from publication
Gullible's Travels of a Jew-Crazy Journeyman

Mark Krupnick Forward 08-05-1994 Gullible's Travels of a Jew-Crazy Journeyman: From SoHo to Tombstone,. Searching for Himself Roots...
Forward, 08/05/94 by Mark Krupnick · More from publication
"Klezmer 1993, New York City: The Tradition Continues on the Lower

Mark Krupnick Forward 07-15-1994 "Klezmer 1993, New York City: The Tradition Continues on the Lower East. Side" A lively and enjoyable...
Forward, 07/15/94 by Mark Krupnick · More from publication
"Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz"

Mark Krupnick Forward 07-15-1994 "Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz". While not precisely radical, this major label revival of...
Forward, 07/15/94 by Mark Krupnick · More from publication