Author’s Corner: Ralph Blumenthal

Author Ralph Blumenthal, whose parents were born in Berlin, worked for 45 years for The New York Times, and still contributes to the paper regularly. I am pleased to present my interview of this outstanding writer. 1) Do you remember when you first heard about the Holocaust, and what you thought about it at the…

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Caroline Leavitt on Berlin

WELCOME TO MY BLOG, JOANNE INTRATOR’S NEW YORK-BERLIN BRIDGE Today, May 5, 2016, I interview the delightful Caroline Leavitt, New York Times Bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow, Pictures of You and eight other novels. Her upcoming book, Cruel Beautiful World, set in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, can already be pre-ordered; it will be published by Algonquin…

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