Benjamin Ivry


Poet Laureate of the Airwaves

By Benjamin Ivry

Poet Laureate of the Airwaves
Norman Corwin, the writer and radio producer who died last year at age 101, was often dubbed the ‘poet laureate of radio.’ But he was rather more than that.Read More

Freud Family's Secret Letters

By Benjamin Ivry

Freud Family's Secret Letters
The marriage of Martha Bernays and Sigmund Freud in 1886 united two distinguished German-Jewish families who hardly need more publicity.Read More

Muslims Who Helped Save French Jews

By Benjamin Ivry

Muslims Who Helped Save French Jews
Benjamin Stora combines history and self-history. He has become embroiled in controversy over the role of Muslims in saving French Jews from the Holocaust.Read More

Photographer to '30s Literary Stars

By Benjamin Ivry

Photographer to '30s Literary Stars
Photographer Gisele Freund captured camera-shy European writers in the 1930s. A new exhibit suggests that Freund was a more complex creative spirit than was thought.Read More

To Understand and Equate, Passionately

By Benjamin Ivry

To Understand and Equate, Passionately
Tunisian-born writer Colette Fellous was enriched by a panoply of influences, from surrealist André Breton to her teacher, philosopher Roland Barthes.Read More



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