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Women's History Month: Ruth Gruber

Monday, March 05, 2012

Ruther GruberIn our continuing celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re excited to shine a light on a tremendously inspiring and talented woman: Ruth Gruber. Born in Brooklyn in 1911, Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world and went on to author nineteen books, including the National Jewish Book Award-winning biography Raquela. Among them are several memoirs documenting her astonishing experiences, including Ahead of Time (1991), Inside of Time (2002), and Haven (1983), which documents her role in the rescue of one thousand refugees from Europe and their safe transport to America.

We’ve gathered extended excerpts from Raquela, Ahead ...

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Hubert Selby's Voice

Thursday, February 02, 2012 by M.G. Stephens

Over the past couple of weeks Open Road has been celebrating the life and work of novelist Hubert Selby, Jr. with a series of critical essays. Our final installment in the symposium comes from author M.G. Stephens. This essay provides a moving and lucid portrait of the New York literary world that influenced Selby in his early years.

M.G. Stephens has published eighteen books, including the novel The Brooklyn Book of the Dead, which Roddy Doyle recently called "a great, great book." His nonfiction books include Green Dreams which Joyce Carol Oates picked as one of the notable American nonfiction ...

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Hubert Selby Jr.: The Counterpoint to the Demon Is Love

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 by Rob Couteau

Open Road Media is proud to present the second installment of our Critical Symposium on Hubert Selby, Jr. Yesterday we featured an essay by American literature scholar James R. Giles. Today author Rob Couteau examines the powerful role of violence in Selby’s work. As always, we invite you to join the discussion in the comments section below.

Rob Couteau is the author of the novel Doctor Pluss, the anthology Collected Couteau, the memoir Letters from Paris, and the poetry collection The Sleeping Mermaid. In 1985 he won the North American Essay Award, a competition open to North ...

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