New Jewish Fiction

Galt Niederhoffer, Robert Marshall and Jami Attenberg Discover three exciting literary debuts that explore Jewish characters and themes. A Taxonomy of Barnacles by Galt Niederhoffer, a novel about the romantic adventures of six sisters in New York, has been praised as "a confident and witty debut. an eccentric combination of The Virgin Suicides and Little Women." Robert Marshall’s novel A Separate Reality depicts an adolescent boy's search for meaning in rock music, spiritual writings, poetry and politics. Instant Love by Jami Attenberg has been called "a sweet, smart, sad, and sexy novel told in interrelated fragments, following three women from teen years into quasi-adulthood." Tickets are $12 in advance; $15 at the door. Date & Time: Wed, Mar 7, 2007,