Writer and editor
Hi, I'm Talya
I'm a journalist and editor based in Brooklyn. I'm the innovation editor of the Forward, and my writing has also appeared in The New York Times and The Atlantic. My work has received awards from the Deadline Club, Society for Features Journalism and American Jewish Press Association . My fiction, non-fiction and playwriting have received awards from the BBC, Crab Orchard Review and Jewish Quarterly.
SELECTED JOURNALISM
"The Case of the Unknowable Human" The Atlantic
"History is Never Only One Person's Story" The Atlantic
"In London, an antisemitism scandal has sparked a play about antisemitism. Is it helping?" The Forward
" How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?" Literary Hub
"Looking at Epic Poetry Through 21st-Century Eyes" The New York Times
"Philip Roth doesn't live here anymore" The Forward
"The unbearable emptiness of being Woody Allen" The Forward
"A Book So Far Ahead of Its Time, It Took 87 Years to Find a Publisher" The New York Times
"The Gorgeous, Grungy New York Values Of 'Sesame Street'" The Forward
"The 19th-Century Feminist Novel Pushed Out of the Russian Canon" The Atlantic
"Revisiting Hitler, in a New Authoritarian Age" The New York Times
"Like Philip Roth, But Feminist: Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Debut Novel" The Forward
"Men Explain Anne Frank To Me" The Forward
"Complicity In Nazi Germany — And Here" The Forward
"Chaim Soutine Was Obsessed With Dead Animals. In Painting Them, He Acutely Captured Life" The Forward
"André Aciman Confronts Exile And Desire" The Forward
OTHER WRITING
"Florestan" — radio play for Chatterbox Audio Theater
PRESS APPEARANCES
"As Trump Plans To Sign Executive Order Interpreting Judaism As A Nationality, We Discuss Implications For Jewish Identity" — Appearance on KPCC's AirTalk, December 11, 2019
"In light of Philip Roth’s death, we look at the Jewish intellectual tradition and its impact on America" — Appearance on KPCC's AirTalk, May 23, 2018
"Award-Winning Story Reflects Writer's Youth In Denver" — Interview on Colorado Public Radio's Colorado Matters, May 9, 2016
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