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Melissa Zeloof

Mar 21, 2012, 7:19 PM

The Octogenarian Who Jumped Out of An Old Life and Into a New One

So, my grandmother isn't a centenarian, and nor is she quite blessed with a grandchild with bestseller writing potential and a name like Jonas Jonasson to PR the hell out of it, but - she does have me, and...

Mar 13, 2012, 7:51 AM

A Subtle Argument

In one clear sentence, Benjamin Lee Whorf crystallized clearly what has been said in much more arcane and confusing language by many others: “Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.” Practically speaking, this means that...

Mar 6, 2012, 4:54 PM

People of the most books per capita

Prolific blogger and modern social media/marketing personality Seth Godin has claimed that "books remain the tool of choice for changing the discussion and for impacting the way people think. There's really no better way for an individual to speak...

About Me

I started this blog because my uncle told me to. He thought it would be a good springboard for my big career in literary journalism. When I'm not blogging for my future, I work at Israeli publishing house Kinneret Zmora Bitan Dvir in the foreign rights and marketing departments, trying to get Israelis into translated fiction.