In this highly acclaimed literary debut, a failed journalist is asked to do the unthinkable: forge Holocaust-restitution claims for older Russian Jews in Brooklyn, New York.Yevgeny Gelman, grandfather of Slava Gelman, "didn't suffer in the exact way" he needs to have suffered to qualify for the rest[...]
Young Russian immigrant Slava Gelman wants to be a great American writer, but is only a researcher at a New Yorker-style magazine. When his beloved grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, dies, his grandfather corners him with a request: could he forge a few Holocaust restitution claims? Slava resists at[...]
Complements Peace Hill Press s expository series Writing With Skill by providing the imaginative element that many students want.Unlike most how to write books, these are designed to be used in a mentor/student relationship, with teaching, guidance, and evaluation tips provided for the mentor or tea[...]
Unlike most how to write books, these are designed to be used in a mentor/student relationship, with teaching, guidance, and evaluation tips provided for the mentor or teacher All exercises build towards the production of finished creative piece Sequential, logical, step-by-step instructio The third[...]
Building on the skills taught in the first three levels, The Creative Writer, Level Four: Becoming a Writer guides young writers from idea to polished short story or poem in a single volume. Becoming a Writer also walks students through the transition from study to practice, broadening the series' f[...]