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Helene Wecker

Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni is now available. Read more about Helene here.


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Articles by Helene Wecker

Statues and Golems

I was 28 before I first saw the Statue of Liberty in person. I’d been accepted to grad school in ...

Under the Influence of Golems

Here’s a confession: I haven’t read that many golem stories. Or at least, as many as someone who’s written a book called  ...

On Writing a Novel in Two Cultures

Yesterday I wrote that my novel,  The Golem and the Jinni , is “pretty darn Jewish.” In truth, that’s only ...

The Most Jewish Thing I Do

When I started looking through the extensive and awe-inspiring Visiting Scribe archives, one theme kept popping out at me: the perennial ...

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