[Jewish] TODAY! Author Jon Papernick, ASH Auditorium at 5:30 pm

[rrHACU at hampshire.edu]

Jon Papernick's short story collection "The Ascent of Eli Israel" and his recent
novel "Who By Fire, Who By Blood," take on themes of Israel, religious fervor,
and magical goings-on. Come hear him read from his newest work. ASH Auditorium
at 5:30 pm.

About Jon Papernick:
Jon Papernick was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. His first collection of
short stories The Ascent of Eli Israel was published by Arcade Publishing in
2002. The New York Times wrote: "There is a muscular certainty to the best of
Papernick's stories that is altogether harrowing. Papernick's penetrating
clear-sighted stories ring true."

He is the author of Who by Fire, Who by Blood and is in the process of adapting
Who by Fire, Who by Blood, into a graphic novel with artist Sandy Jimenez. He
recently completed his second collection of short stories entitled, There is No
Other.

Papernick's short fiction has appeared in publications such as Exile, The Sarah
Lawrence Review, The Reading Room, Nerve.com, Night Train Magazine,
Confrontation, Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge [Harper], and
Scribblers on the Roof [Persea]. His journalism and reviews have been published
in The Jerusalem Post, Time Magazine, JBooks.Com, The Jewish Week, Jewcy and The
Forward.

Papernick has taught writing at the Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan
University, Pratt Institute, Boston University and Grub Street Writers,
Boston's Independent Creative Writing Center. He has been the Fannie Hurst
Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University, and the Visiting Writer-in
Residence at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. He currently teaches
fiction writing at Emerson College, and lives outside Boston with his wife and
two sons. Check out his blog The Conversational Anarchist.

Link to Author Website: http://www.jonpapernick.com/

Rachel Rubinstein
Assistant Professor of American Literature and Jewish Studies
School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies
Hampshire College
(413) 559-5821