Adventures in the Diaspora
By BENJAMIN POLLAK
Michael Chabon swashbuckles his way through history.

Class Is Not Dismissed
By RACHEL SOMERSTEIN
WASP marries Jew: but where's the interfaith friction?

Gone to the Dogs
By RICHARD CHESS
Some unforgettable figures of failure.

The End of the Line
By TOVA MIRVIS
Tova Mirvis on Philip Roth’s latest—and last—Zuckerman novel.

A Dramatic Sifting of History
By DONALD WEBER
Jewish fathers and sons at war with one another—and the past.

Counterlives
By DANIEL SCHIFRIN
A return trip to Philip Roth's classic novel.

Stories of Finagling and Love
By JOHN J. CLAYTON
Some tender fictional border-crossings.

The Honest Art of Leonard Michaels
By JOSH LAMBERT
A reassessment of the late fiction writer.

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