Could a ‘Jewish Literary Mafia’ Really Control American Publishing?
By Fredric Price
Blog post from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?sk=approve&highlight=10209651201353266&log_filter=review&queue_type=friends¬if_id=1660585363048414¬if_t=tagged_with_story&ref=notif#10209651201353266 Is it possible that a 20th-century Jewish N.Y. clique decided for decades what would be published in America? Josh Lambert, author of a book on the subject, offers some insight More than 50 years after his death, Jack Kerouac, the man who wrote the iconic novel “On the Road,” is […]
American Literature Loses Out to Consolidation
By Fredric Price
OXFORD, Miss. — Penguin Random House, the largest English-language trade book publisher in the world, has made an offer to acquire Simon & Schuster, another large publisher and one of its rivals. For American consumers, this is bad news. Allison Hill, the chief executive of the American Booksellers Association, a trade association that promotes independent […]
There’s More Than One Way to Ban a Book
By Fredric Price
There’s More Than One Way to Ban a Book July 24, 2022, By Pamela Paul Opinion Columnist, The New York Times In the 1950s, Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” was banned in France, Britain and Argentina, but not in the United States, where its publisher, Walter Minton, released the book after multiple American publishing houses rejected it. Minton is part of a […]
Responses to June Blog Post
By Fredric Price
We received many responses to the June blog post which is enclosed for convenience below. Were have included six that have been edited for length; as is the case of the June blogger, all of these blog posts are also anonymous: “Of course this white man is frustrated: for the first time he’s being asked […]
“Certain aspects of the state of publishing” from a guest blogger
By Fredric Price
We received this letter from an author who wishes to remain anonymous: “Dear Fig Tree Books, I am writing to express my lament about certain aspects of the state of publishing in the hope that you may find it informative and relevant. I ask to remain anonymous for obvious reasons when you read this note. […]
War Literature
By Fredric Price
Wars have been the source some of the greatest literature of the last hundred years. Here are a few examples: WWI: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, and A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Spanish Civil War: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. WWII: The Naked and the […]
Jewish Book Groups on Facebook
By Fredric Price
Avid readers of Jewish literature should check out some interesting Facebook Groups. They provide a forum for readers, authors, and publishers to share information about new as well as classic books, and occasionally offer contests in which members can win free books. While not large (some Facebook groups have more than 100,000 members), these groups […]
Learn More About Abigail Pogrebin
By Fredric Price
Abigail Pogrebin is the author of My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew, with a Foreword by A.J. Jacobs that we published in 2017. If you haven’t yet had a chance to read his book, you can get a hard copy for less than $15, or an e-book for just $2.99 by clicking on […]
Learn More About Thane Rosenbaum
By Fredric Price
Thane Rosenbaum is the author of Saving Free Speech … from Itself with a Foreword by Bret Stephens that we published in 2020. If you haven’t yet had a chance to read his book, you can get an Audio copy for Free with an Audible trial, or an E-book for just $2.99. Thane has an […]
Writing something about dialogue between Eve and Adam
By Fredric Price
Bill Robbins, whose recent essay The Walls was published in November 2021 issue of Fig Tree Lit has raised an intriguing question on a line in Genesis, which he proposes that any of us provide some words that we believe would fit within a conversation between Adam and Eve. Bill writes, “Here’s a proposal for […]