Austin Ratner
Articles by Austin Ratner
A Novel About Early Childhood
Some academics have observed that young Jewish writers do not mine their personal lives for material in the same way ...
My Name Is Inigo Montoya
Remember Mandy Patinkin’s character Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride ? When Montoya was a child, the story goes, the six-fingered ...
Righting Wrongs
Ealier this week, Austin Ratner wrote about Hillel sandwiches and patricide, photography, and Audrey Hepburn. His first book, The Jump Artist, is the ...
Patricide, Photography, and Audrey Hepburn
On Monday, Austin Ratner wrote about Hillel sandwiches. His first book, The Jump Artist, is the winner of the 2011 ...
As Jewish as a Hillel Sandwich
Austin Ratner’s first book, The Jump Artist, is the winner of the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. He ...