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    <body><![CDATA[A couple of strong stories mixed with a few weaker ones. And then there's that final letter/story written to/about Philip Roth. Where to begin?<br/><br/>The weak stories suffer from poor endings and a narrator that sounds the same regardless of the main character. I am curious to see if Albert can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3945048">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ugh. <br/>I maybe would have liked this, had I read it in middle or high school. I'm pretty sure I WROTE some of these stories in middle or high school. But you know what? I grew up and realized they were stupid. Apparently I'm much more comfortable with my Judaism than Elisa Albert. The only story...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61541234">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Elisa Albert's <em>How This Night Is Different</em> is a hilariously   irreverent collection of short stories that will leave readers   longing for more from this talented newcomer. While some might find   the self-deprecation off-putting at times (one of the stories   features a thirtysomething woman who brings her non-Jewish boyfriend   home for Passover and is rewarded with a raging yeast infection),   Albert is perceptive enough to see beyond the stereotype of the self-  hating Jew and shed real light on the familial and personal conflicts   that affect most young adults, regardless of religion. <p> While each of the ten stories is impressive, a few are notable   standouts. &quot;The Living&quot; tells the story of Shayna Marlowitz, a   high school student who travels to Poland to visit the concentration   camps as part of the Northeastern  &quot;We Are The Living!&quot; delegation.   While most of the other kids spend the time hooking up and trading   velour jumpsuits, Shayna is consumed with producing a journal to   rival that of  her brother Max, who came back from the same trip   years earlier with the &quot;implication that said life had begun in   Poland, that he knew secret things, the knowledge of which imbued him   with special powers, a special place in the world.&quot; In &quot;Everything   But,&quot; Erin accompanies her narcissistic husband Alex to his   niece's Bat Mitzvah, and spends half the party in the bathroom,   smoking a joint with the &quot;Cool Kids.&quot; The collection culminates in an   extraordinary fan/love letter by the author herself to Philip Roth,   in which she decides the only way to &quot;produce something literary and   lasting&quot; is to bear his child. <p> <em>How This Night Is Different</em> is hardly ever politically correct,   and might even be offensive to some, but that doesn't change the fact   that Albert is an astute and intuitive social commentator, not to   mention a riot to read. Those who are willing to throw piety to the   wind will be rewarded with an exhilarating ride. <em>--Gisele Toueg</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I read book jacket quotes like the one from <em>Variety</em> on the edition I read, generally I run screaming.  &quot;A dark, witty, and incisive take on modern-day disaffected Jewish youth,&quot; screams the cover.  Yeah?  Go incise yourself, pretentious reviewer.  This time around, I must eat my words...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45676190">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Elisa Albert's <em>How This Night Is Different</em> is a hilariously   irreverent collection of short stories that will leave readers   longing for more from this talented newcomer. While some might find   the self-deprecation off-putting at times (one of the stories   features a thirtysomething woman who brings her non-Jewish boyfriend   home for Passover and is rewarded with a raging yeast infection),   Albert is perceptive enough to see beyond the stereotype of the self-  hating Jew and shed real light on the familial and personal conflicts   that affect most young adults, regardless of religion. <p> While each of the ten stories is impressive, a few are notable   standouts. &quot;The Living&quot; tells the story of Shayna Marlowitz, a   high school student who travels to Poland to visit the concentration   camps as part of the Northeastern  &quot;We Are The Living!&quot; delegation.   While most of the other kids spend the time hooking up and trading   velour jumpsuits, Shayna is consumed with producing a journal to   rival that of  her brother Max, who came back from the same trip   years earlier with the &quot;implication that said life had begun in   Poland, that he knew secret things, the knowledge of which imbued him   with special powers, a special place in the world.&quot; In &quot;Everything   But,&quot; Erin accompanies her narcissistic husband Alex to his   niece's Bat Mitzvah, and spends half the party in the bathroom,   smoking a joint with the &quot;Cool Kids.&quot; The collection culminates in an   extraordinary fan/love letter by the author herself to Philip Roth,   in which she decides the only way to &quot;produce something literary and   lasting&quot; is to bear his child. <p> <em>How This Night Is Different</em> is hardly ever politically correct,   and might even be offensive to some, but that doesn't change the fact   that Albert is an astute and intuitive social commentator, not to   mention a riot to read. Those who are willing to throw piety to the   wind will be rewarded with an exhilarating ride. <em>--Gisele Toueg</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Elisa Albert's short stories were bitingly sarcastic, funny, and filled to the brim with this postmodern Jewishness of Judaism as experienced by Jews who feel largely out of sync with their heritage and/or life.<br/><br/>Most of the stories revolved around sardonic, pill-popping slightly self-abso...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34249716">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Elisa Albert's <em>How This Night Is Different</em> is a hilariously   irreverent collection of short stories that will leave readers   longing for more from this talented newcomer. While some might find   the self-deprecation off-putting at times (one of the stories   features a thirtysomething woman who brings her non-Jewish boyfriend   home for Passover and is rewarded with a raging yeast infection),   Albert is perceptive enough to see beyond the stereotype of the self-  hating Jew and shed real light on the familial and personal conflicts   that affect most young adults, regardless of religion. <p> While each of the ten stories is impressive, a few are notable   standouts. &quot;The Living&quot; tells the story of Shayna Marlowitz, a   high school student who travels to Poland to visit the concentration   camps as part of the Northeastern  &quot;We Are The Living!&quot; delegation.   While most of the other kids spend the time hooking up and trading   velour jumpsuits, Shayna is consumed with producing a journal to   rival that of  her brother Max, who came back from the same trip   years earlier with the &quot;implication that said life had begun in   Poland, that he knew secret things, the knowledge of which imbued him   with special powers, a special place in the world.&quot; In &quot;Everything   But,&quot; Erin accompanies her narcissistic husband Alex to his   niece's Bat Mitzvah, and spends half the party in the bathroom,   smoking a joint with the &quot;Cool Kids.&quot; The collection culminates in an   extraordinary fan/love letter by the author herself to Philip Roth,   in which she decides the only way to &quot;produce something literary and   lasting&quot; is to bear his child. <p> <em>How This Night Is Different</em> is hardly ever politically correct,   and might even be offensive to some, but that doesn't change the fact   that Albert is an astute and intuitive social commentator, not to   mention a riot to read. Those who are willing to throw piety to the   wind will be rewarded with an exhilarating ride. <em>--Gisele Toueg</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I kind of fell in love with her and her ability to make me laugh.  Don't skip the letter at the end to Philip Roth.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wait!  This isn't the review it appears to be!  How This Night Is Different IS an excellent collection of short stories, but the book I really want to talk about is Elisa's new novel, The Book of Dahlia, due out this spring.  She's a friend of mine, so I'm obviously completely biased, but I thought ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6725766">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i sincerely hope she writes more.<br/>i find elisa albert inspiring. she writes stuff that is really entertaining, thought-provoking, and it makes the reader FEEL in a certain way that i hope to one day be able to do in my own books. i loved every single story in this collection. faves include:<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37011259">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hot tapdancing Jebus, I loved this book. I think I want to marry Elisa Albert. This is one of the few books that really struck my Jewiness, however small that is.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book f**king rocks.  seriously.  it makes me proud of my imprint, which is pretty hard to do.]]></body>
    
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