America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers

by Joyce Antler (Editor)

A collection of twentieth-century stories by Jewish women, featuring some of the best short story writers in American fiction. From Anzia Yezierska and Edna Ferber to Cynthia Ozick, Grace Paley, and Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, these writers reveal a rich, vital, and innovative tradition.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Jewish

368 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1990

Reviews

[Vanessa Ehrlich · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this anthology and all of the Jewish women writers who I met through the book choices. It begins in the late 1890's and goes until the 1980's. I would love to see another anthology that covers Jewish women through 2021. Great for short story book groups!

[Nrosenberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of short stories by Jewish women.

My favorite, by far, is Lesléa Newman’s “A Letter to Harvey Milk.” If you’re going to read one short story from this collection, let it be this one. I read this short story collection a few years ago and I still think about Harry Weinberg and his friendship with Harvey Milk.

Some other highlights: “Malinke’s Atonement” by Mary Anton and “America and I” by Anna Yesiersk.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Looking forward to discussing these stories with my short story discussion group!

[Sylvia J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories were good, others not so much.

[Maureen13 · Rating 5 out of 5]

inspiring, informative, breath-taking, moving, shocking




My favorite anthologies of short stories so far: - America and I - Jewish American women, Collected Stories by Saul Bellow - Jewish American again, and "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven" - Sherman Alexie's Native American stories and issues

[Anya Bodïkova]

Some of the stories were really difficult to interpret due to unusual language used by the writers whose English language was not native, but it challenged me to read the whole book. And as a reward, some of the stories became my favorite, such as "The Opiate of the People" and "A letter to Harvey Milk" ..

[Karista · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a collection of stories from various authors there are enough writing styles to never get bord. The few stories that I read were very insightful into the life and experiences of Jewish-American immigrants and their children and I have reason to believe the other stories would be just as good.