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Dan's New Work

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Recent work by and about Daniel M. Jaffe:

Dan's short story, "The Invitation," was just published in Quiddity: International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program.   "The Invitation," about a 1970's Soviet Jewish family, is based on Dan's experiences in Russia in the 1970's and 1980's, and on his help re-settling Russian-Jewish emigres in the US.

Dan's short story, "Mauricio Fabiano Weinstein," has been selected as a Finalist for the American Fiction Prize, and will be published in 2009.  The story is based on Dan's experiences with families of those who Disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship.

One-Foot Lover, a fiction chapbook, Number One in the Editor's Series of Seven Kitchens Press, 2009! 

On Kim's Craft Blog, Dan discusses his publication experience with One-Foot Loverhttp://kimscraftblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/micropublishing-fiction-with-guest.html

A July 2008 interview with Dan by Corey Campbell of the UCLA Extension Writers' Program can be found here:  http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/feature.php?recordID=37

For two-and-a-half years, Dan wrote a monthly author-interview column, "Talking Across the Table," for www.Bibliobuffet.com.  The warm and kind goodbye from BiblioBuffet's editor, Lauren Roberts, can be found here: www.bibliobuffet.com/content/view/811/235/.  Dan's final column, "An Interviewer's Reflections," can be found here: www.bibliobuffet.com/content/view/807/198.

The UCLA Extension Writers' Program awarded Dan their "2006 Outstanding Instructor Award in Online Writing Education." (www.uclaextension.edu)

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"Measure for Measure," a short story, in descant, Summer 2008.

"Marla and Billy, A Tryptich," linked short stories in Families: The Frontline of Pluralism, Wising Up Press, 2008.

"The Archeology of Understanding," a short story in New Delta Review, Summer 2008, 25:2.

Translation excerpt of On the Sunny Side of the Street, a prize-winning Russian novel by Dina Rubina, in The Ties of Blood: Russian Literature from the 21st Century, ed. Oliver Ready, Academia Rossica (London), 2008.

"The Liberty Theater," a personal essay, in Speechless The Magazine, www.speechlessthemagazine.org, ed. Suzanne Lummis, 2007.

"Connections," a personal essay, in Identity Envy: Wanting to Be Who We're Not, ed. Jim Tushinski and Jim Van Buskirk, 2007.

Excerpt of Dan's translation of Here Comes the Messiah!, a Russian-Israeli novel by Dina Rubina, in An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature, M. E. Sharpe, 2006.

"Marked by Carnival," Dan's translation of an essay by Dina Rubina, in Silk Road, 2006.

"Hide-and-Seek," a short story, in Zone 3. 21:2. 2006.

"Sephardic Steve," a short story, in The Dos Passos Review, 3:2, 2006 and reprinted in Lashon, 2007.

"A Room With a View," a short story, in The Forward, 16 November 2006.

“That Boy This Day,” (reprint), a short story, in The Way We Knew It: Fiction From the First Twenty-Five Years of the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College, 2006.

"Marla and Billy," a triptych of stories, in Triptych, Autumn 2006.  (http://www.geocities.com/triptych_zine/ )

Second Place, 2006 Literature Competition, John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts, Santa Barbara.

"Still Life With Toupee," a short story, in Suspect Thoughts, July 2006.  (www.suspectthoughts.com/jaffe.htm).

"The Clouds Lift," a short story, in The Forward, 16 June 2006.

“Cycles of Poverty,” a short story, in The Forward, 19 May 2006.

"Reminders of the Lost Ark," a short story, in The Forward, 3 March 2006.

Dan is interviewed extensively in "Jewish Magical Realism: Writing to Tell the Tale," by Tamara Kaye Sellman, Margin: Exploring Modern Magical Realism.  16 December 2005. www.angelfire.com/wa2/margin/nonficSellmanJewishMR.html

Dan is one of the authors profiled in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature, ed. Emmanuel S. Nelson, 2005.

Dan's article, "Jewish American Gay Literature," appears in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature, ed. Emmanuel S. Nelson, 2005.

"My Little Sister's Wedding," a short story, in The Forward, 23 December 2005.

"A Blessing on Your Head," a short story, in The Forward, 29 September 2005.

"Merry Wonderer of the Night,” a short story, in The Forward, 23 September 2005.

"Much Ado About Something," a short story, in The Forward, 9 June 2005.

 

“Fathers and Sons,” a short story, in The Forward, 3 June 2005.

 

“Remembrance Day,”a short story, in The Forward, 5 May 2005.

 

"A Euclidean Vacation," a short story, in Russian translation (by Sergei Boroditsky) in Novaya Yunost' ["New Youth"], Moscow, fall 2004.

 

"Torah Couture," a short story, in The Forward, 18 February 2005.

 

"The Mezuzah Wreath," a short story, in The Forward, 7 January 2005.

 

"First Fruit," a short story, in The Forward, 9 July 2004.

 

"Shira's Bat Mitzvah," a short story, in The Forward, 16 April 2004.

 

"The Costume," a short story, in The Forward, 11 March 2004.

 

"The Liberty Theater," an essay in Mentsh, edited by Andrea Brown, Alyson Publications, 2004.

 

"That Boy This Day," a short story, in M2M: New Literary Fiction, edited by Karl Woelz, AttaGirl Press, 2003. 

 

"Modern Times," a short story, in The Forward, 5 September 2003. 

 

"The Honor of Sacrifice," a short story, in The Forward, 11 July 2003.

 

"Azazel, the Scapegoat," a short story, in The Forward, 25 April 2003.

 

"Our Chinese Business," translation of a Russian-Israeli novella written by Dina Rubina, in Toronto Slavic Quarterly,  Winter 2003.

 

First Place, 2003 Literature Competition, John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts, Santa Barbara.

 

Dan's Translation of Dina Rubina's Novel.
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Rubina's satire about Russian emigre life in Israel was nominated for the Russian Booker Prize, and was a best-seller in Russia. 

A Finalist for one of ForeWord Magazine's
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Book of the Year Awards. To purchase an autographed copy, email LimitsofPleasure@aol.com.