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A screenshot of the viral "Is your fav author a zionist" Google spreadsheet shows some of the reasons that the document's creators deemed writers pro- and anti-Israel. (Screenshot)
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‘Is your fav author a zionist???’: Viral list reignites antisemitism fears in the literary world

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 10, 2024

(JTA) — Novelist Talia Carner’s agent got in touch on Thursday morning to let her know she was on a list that had gone viral. Usually, that’s good news for […]

Alan Shipnuck (left, holding mic) asks Phil Mickelson a question at his 2022 U.S. Open press conference, which was his return to championship golf after going into exile because of Shipnuck's book excerpt. (Photo/Courtesy Shipnuck)
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Bay Area sportswriter Alan Shipnuck’s new biography blows open the life of golf great Phil Mickelson

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher July 21, 2022July 26, 2022
Stanford professor Steven Zipperstein (left) is working on a biography of Philip Roth (right).
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‘It deserves to exist’: Stanford prof who knew Philip Roth weighs in on biography controversy

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 7, 2021June 9, 2021
The covers of “The Lives of Isaac Stern” and “Life Isn't Everything: Mike Nichols, As Remembered by 150 of His Closest Friends,” both of which feature pensive black and white photos of their subjects
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New biographies paint portraits of two Jewish luminaries (one with S.F. ties)

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
From the cover art for "Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves" by Lee Daniel Kravetz
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The mystery of Palo Alto high school suicides; and the ‘New Science of Success’

by Liz Harris July 6, 2017July 7, 2017

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