TONIGHT! I'm reading from 'A Jewish Appendix' @flyleafbooks.bsky.social
in Chapel Hill. Joining me for post-reading Q&A and convo is Rabbi Hannah Bender of Judea Reform Congregation. Please come! flyleafbooks.com/event/sobsey...

‘A Jewish Appendix’ is launched! Here I am, yakking at the official launch reading and fête on Sunday. More events are upcoming, stay tuned! Meanwhile, you can buy the book here: bookshop.org/p/books/a-je...

spoke with @sobsey.bsky.social about his new memoir "a jewish appendix" where he falls mysteriously ill in romania, his ancestral homeland, and recovers the day he leaves.

we discuss jewish identity beyond the holocaust, the gnawing feeling of non-belonging, etc:

I was interviewed & my memoir ‘A Jewish Appendix’ beautifully considered by @lenarosegeller.bsky.social @indyweek.bsky.social. Writers dream of such generous treatment. indyweek.com/culture/in-p... (Please buy my book from @flyleafbooks.bsky.social or order here: bookshop.org/p/books/a-je...)

It was a *major* delight to interview (my hero(ine)) Neko Case. We talked about her new memoir, forgiveness, rage, punk rock & Dexter Romweber (among other things!). For The Missouri Review: missourireview.com/interview-wi...

And, to complete the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social/writers/Jews sequence, here is my essay about a non-Jewish writer so obsessed w/ Jews that things get, well, complicated. Me on W.G. Sebald: lareviewofbooks.org/article/w-g-...

While we're at it, speaking of @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social essays and Jews, here is me on James Salter, reviewing a vexing new-ish biography/study of Salter by one of his admirers -- or is that enviers? lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-st...

Also, with Kieran Culkin winning yet another award for 'A Real Pain,' check out my @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social essay on the movie & my own search for Jewish roots in Eastern Europe: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

With Rain Parade's 'Emergency 3rd Rail Power Trip,' one of the greatest psychedelic pop albums ever, recently reissued, I wrote about the Paisley Underground, LA's early-80s music scene that has been surprisingly durable. For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

And here is my homepage where you can learn more about the book, upcoming release events, and me: sobsey.com/about/

Here is the webpage for 'A Jewish Appendix': www.spuytenduyvil.net/A-Jewish-App...

Hello BSKY. My new book, 'A Jewish Appendix', is out in about two weeks: a travelogue & memoir about reckoning with Jewish identity. Perhaps the best introduction is this @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social essay I recently wrote about the movie 'A Real Pain': lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...