Literary Modiin - November 2021 Author Event

Hilma Wolitzer is a recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and a Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. She has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, New York University, Columbia University, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her first published story appeared when she was thirtysix, and her first novel eight years later. Her many stories and novels have drawn critical praise for illuminating the dark interiors of the American home. She lives in New York City.

Aviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking home in New York. Her debut poetry collection, WOLF LAMB BOMB (Orison Books, 2021), was named a "New and Noteworthy" book by The New York Times. Her first book, The Grammar of God: A Journey Into the Words and Worlds of the Bible (Spiegel & Grau), was a National Jewish Book…