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Michelle Anne Schingler

Michelle Anne Schingler, a former librarian and Hebrew school teacher, is the managing editor at Foreword Reviews. Her days are books, books, books; she knows how lucky that makes her.  Twitter: @mschingler

Oy Gevalt!: 32 Books for Jewish Book Month

L’Seforim (to books)! Each year, in the month before Chanukah, and thanks to the efforts of a public librarian in ...

The Book I Should’ve Read Before I Went To Ireland

Killarney happens. More precisely, in my case: you make Killarney happen, even if you only half know why you’re going ...

Dear Publicists: Don’t Solicit To My Book Club

To the Good People Who Promote Books: I’m sure it’s not always easy to be a book publicist, particularly now. ...

Don’t Think You’re a Feminist? Read Gloria Steinem’s MY LIFE ON THE ROAD.

“What seems to be one thing from a distance is very different close up,” writes Gloria Steinem in the preface ...

The Do’s and Don’ts of Mixing Books with Booze

Let’s talk cocktail hour, shall we? I think that gin is a magical ingredient. I believe that, as the ads ...

Confessions of a Bad Librarian

I am a malfeasant librarian. I turn in books late, but that’s not what I mean. I hoard titles for ...

Nicholas Sparks: Thou Art My Nemesis

Dear Sir: It’s a big week for you, I see. With the release of See Me, you’ll be but a book away ...

Dear Slate: Banned Books Week Isn’t a “Crock”

Here’s a story about how one library system became two: in the enlightened 1990s, parents in a rural Georgia community ...

I Guess I Read Erotica?

Not long ago, I set out to write a “read this, not that” post centered around erotic fiction. In service ...

A Book Snob Confesses and Repents (Mostly)

Virtue: I am a reader. Often I’m an insatiable one. Books have overtaken the passenger’s side of my bed. I have ...