Eileen Pollack, Author
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Upcoming readings for THE BIBLE OF DIRTY JOKES

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...

Movie (and eBook) versions of Woman Walking Ahead, just out…

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...

The Bible of Dirty Jokes is now out! Here’s a partial list of my readings and signings:

by epollack | Feb 24, 2018 | Blog

(2018) Sunday, March 4, 2018, at 7 pm, I’ll be reading at KGB Bar in Manhattan; Friday, March 9, 11-11:30 AM, I’ll be signing copies at the FourWay Books table at AWP in Tampa; Tuesday, March 13, at 7 pm, I’ll be reading at Literati Book Store in Ann...

Bible of Dirty Jokes … where and how to hear me read from my newest novel

by epollack | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog, Events

I will be reading from my newest novel, THE BIBLE OF DIRTY JOKES, at KGB Bar, 84 E. 4th Street in NYC, on the evening of Sunday, March 4, 2018 (time to be announced), and again at Literati Bookstore, 124 E. Washington Street in Ann Arbor, MI, on Tuesday, March 13, at...

“Righteous Gentile,” a new essay, in Harvard Review

by epollack | Jan 3, 2018 | Blog

Here’s a link to an essay of mine that just came out in the Harvard Review… http://www.harvardreview.org/?q=print-issues/harvard-review-51
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Eileen has started a PODCAST! Click here and check it out!

Eileen’s new essay collection, Maybe It’s Me, appeared on January 25, 2022. Publisher’s Weekly and LitHub heralded the launch as one of their most anticipated books of the month; the book received rave reviews from PW, Kirkus, and the Forward.

Eileen will be talking about the book with Cheryl Pearl Sucher, via McNally Jackson Bookstore, on, January 27, at 7 PM.

Eileen will be reading in NYC on July 25, 2022, at 8p, as part of the Scribblers on the Roof series at Ansche Chesed, 251 W 100th St … and yes, the event takes place on the roof! She will be appearing with her friend and former colleague, the brilliant Yiddish scholar Anita Norich.

Eileen also will be reading (and selling copies of her books) August 13, at the Watertown Arts Market in Arsenal Park in her new hometown, Watertown, MA. The art fair takes place between noon and 5 PM … Eileen’s (brief) reading will begin at 1 PM, after which she will emcee the readings by her fellow Watertown writers.

Eileen is excited to be appearing at the RANCHO MIRAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL (CA) February 2023, where she will be interviewed by Patt Morrison of the Los Angeles Times. Details at http://www.rmwritersfest.org/writers/

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