by epollack | Jul 26, 2021 | Blog
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and office families What ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ taught me about the life and death of the office family (click to read article on Index)
by epollack | Sep 16, 2019 | Blog
In case anyone doubted that Buddy Hackett got his start at my family’s hotel, here’s a photo my cousin Marsha posted a few days ago … her father, my great-uncle Joe, with Buddy himself, location and date unknown. To tell the truth, even I doubted the...
by epollack | Apr 9, 2019 | Blog
Growing up as a semi-Orthodox Jew in the heart of the Jewish Catskills, I regarded ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jews as the enemy. I worried my gentile friends would see these wildly bearded men in their long black coats, furry black hats, and curly peyes, or these...
by epollack | Dec 7, 2018 | Blog, Novels, Publications
My latest novel, The Bible of Dirty Jokes (Four Way Books) is a raunchy comic murder mystery with a feisty female protagonist, set in the Catskills and Las Vegas. Think Amy Schumer meets The Sopranos. Here is a list of my upcoming appearances: August 20, 2018, 12:30...
by epollack | Apr 8, 2018 | Blog
Excited to be attending the April 25th NYC premiere of Woman Walks Ahead, starring Jessica Chastain and Sam Rockwell. The movie isn’t very faithful to the true history of Caroline Weldon, but you can find out more about that remarkable woman by reading the new...
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