How Long Does a Language Last? No Star Too Beautiful; An Anthology of Yiddish Stories From 1382 to the Present; Prophets & Dreamers; A Selection of Great Yiddish Literature From: Forward | Date: September 20, 2002| Author: Reyn, Irina | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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09-20-2002

Irina Reyn, who holds a master's degree in Russian literature from the
University of Pittsburgh, reviews regularly for The San Francisco Chronicle
and Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Her nonfiction has been anthologized most
recently in "Becoming American: Personal Essays by First-Generation
Immigrant Women" (Hyperion).

There are few literary enterprises as deceptively innocent -- yet as
influential -- as the anthology. It creat...

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