Paul Bowles, Exile, and a Bar Mitzvah - Edgar Oliver

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Paul Bowles, Exile, and a Bar Mitzvah

A boy's Bar Mitzvah becomes a family battle ground, three literary pilgrims search for the author Paul Bowles in Morocco, and a novelist decides that the only way to cure her writer's block is to block out the world.

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10:23
The Battle of Temple Beth-El

by Jeffrey Solomon

A boy's Bar Mitzvah becomes a family battle ground.

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19:59
Courting Paul Bowles in Tangier

by Edgar Oliver

Three literary pilgrims search for a beloved author. 

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13:30
Writing Amidst the Ruins

by Elif Shafak

A writer's self-imposed isolation draws her closer to her neighbors.

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Jeffrey Solomonedit

Jeffrey at his Bar Mitzvah. Photo courtesy of Jeffery Solomon.

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Edgar and his sister Helen in Morocco. Photo courtesy of Edgar Oliver.

Elif Shafakedited

Elif in her beloved Istanbul. Photo by Gökhan Çelem.

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