It’s a pretty good and humbling day when you top a list that includes Primo Levi as an honorable mention:

http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/book-aron-novel-named-2016-sophie-brody-medal-achievement-jewish-literature

Joshua Weil captures in smart, moving ways, some of what we all love about Jim Shepard’s fiction.  Those of you who know Jim’s work will be nodding along with Weil.  Those of you who don’t will, and should be, hanging your heads in shame and heading to your local bookstore.

http://nbafictionfinalists.squarespace.com/blog/2012/6/16/2007-3.html