Joshua Henkin

Joshua Henkin's new novel is The World Without You. He is the author of the novels Matrimony, a New York Times Notable Book, and SWIMMING ACROSS THE HUDSON, a Los Angeles Times Notable Book. His short stories have been published widely, cited for distinction in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, and broadcast on NPR's "Selected Shorts." He lives in Brooklyn, NY, and directs the MFA program in Fiction Writing at Brooklyn College.


Articles by Joshua Henkin

Sleeping on Felix Frankfurter’s Couch

Joshua Henkin’s new novel, The World Without You, is now available.I want to talk a little more about my family of ...

How Did I End up Doing This?

Joshua Henkin’s new novel, The World Without You, is now available. For a long time I wanted to be a fiction ...

From Grandfather to Father to Son

Joshua Henkin’s new novel, The World Without You, comes out this week.The story goes that, in 1923, when my father, ...

Are You a Jewish Writer?

First of all, I want to open up my week of blogging by saying how happy I am to be ...