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Habitus 04: New Orleans is on sale now.

Some recent recognition for Habitus:
The Jewish Week of New York has named our editor, Joshua Ellison, to its list of "36 Under 36": "...a spotlight on three dozen forward-thinking young people who are helping to remake the Jewish community."

We are also very grateful to Library Journal, who cited Habitus for our "exemplary creative and journalistic work."

Finally, Habitus has been featured in the most recent issue of Pakn Treger, the magazine of the National Yiddish Book Center.

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Shop at Amazon.com and support Habitus!
Whatever you buy, you can help support Habitus by using this link. You can also visit our new Amazon Store for new books from Habitus authors, further readings about our featured cities, and other great recommendations. It's an easy and painless way to support the journal.

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The new issue is here! As always, we have worked hard to bring you a unique perspective on an extraordinary city––a view into New Orleans that only Habitus can offer.

Our edition features some of the leading writers and thinkers from the city and beyond: including Rodger Kamenetz, Andrei Codrescu, Nancy Lemann, and others. In addition to our usual array of terrific fiction and poetry, we have a meditation on disaster and memory from Ari Kelman, a celebrated environmental historian, a photo essay documenting the city's unique and exuberant street culture from photographer L.J. Goldstein; an extraordinary memoir of the intersection of African-American and Jewish roots in one New Orleans family from Ronne Hartfield; interviews with musician-historian Ned Sublette and the Brazilian urban-planning innovator Jaime Lerner; and many more exciting features.

Order your copy today...or, better yet, subscribe now and you won't miss a thing.

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Habitus 03: Buenos Aires is still on sale, so order now.

Some highlights from the current issue: Interviews with composer Osvaldo Golijov and photographer Marcelo Brodsky, fiction from Rodrigo Fresan, Ana Maria Shua, and Marcelo Birmajer, poetry from Alejandra Pizarnik, Tal Nitzan, and Mirta Rosenberg...and a rare interview with Jorge Luis Borges.

An excerpt from our Borges interview was featured in the "Readings" section of Harper's Magazine in April, 2008.

Full contents »

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Recent Events:

Writing from Sarajevo with Habitus
May 19 · 5pm
Northwestern University
McCormick Tribune Auditorium
1870 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

An evening of literature from the Bosnian capital, drawn from the pages of Habitus. Two Chicago-based novelists, Aleksander Hemon and Igor Štiks, will read from their work and discuss their native city with Habitus editor Joshua Ellison.

Aleksandar Hemon is the celebrated author of The Question of Bruno and Nowhere Man. Hemon was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 2004. His fiction appears regularly in The New Yorker. Igor Štiks is the author of A Castle in Romagna, which received the Slavic Award for Best First Book. His second novel, Elijah’s Chair, received both the Gjalski Award and the Croatian Kiklop Award for the Best Fiction Book of the Year.

An Evening with Arnon Grunberg
April 24 · 7:30PM
The Bronfman Center at NYU
7 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003 | Map

Habitus hosts a reading and conversation with celebrated Dutch novelist and journalist Arnon Grunberg. His controversial new novel, The Jewish Messiah, satirizes everything from Nazism to Zionism––above all, the book is a caustic study of human suffering, memory, and salvation. Grunberg will read from the novel and discuss his work with Habitus editor Joshua Ellison.

“Like Philip Roth, Grunberg is deeply interested in anti-Semitism and the emotional and rhetorical mechanisms of political power; like Salman Rushdie or William Burroughs, he deploys strategic blasphemy with brilliant comedic timing.” -Booklist

“The Jewish Messiah...is exhilarating, bewildering, and throat-clutchingly funny.” -Ruth Franklin

PEN World Voices Festival: Rewriting Family.
April 30 · 7PM
Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby Street, NYC 10012 | Map
Copresented by Habitus: A Diaspora Journal and Housing Works Bookstore Café.

Family—that intimate nexus where private and public lives intersect; it’s where our identities are formed, where we have our first experiences of shared history and common fate. In an age of migration and global movement, the family unit has been strained, invigorated, and profoundly changed. Join writers P. F. Thomese, György Dragomán, and Yael Hedaya for a reflection on the role of family in their lives and work, and on the challenges of defining a modern approach to the family experience in literature. Introduced by Habitus editor Joshua Ellison.

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Habitus was named "Best New Magazine" of 2007 by Jewschool.com.

Habitus 02: Sarajevo is still available. Read the introduction to the new issue here
and view a gallery of Sarajevo images from Habitus photographers. You can also read the essay "Sarajevo Is..." by acclaimed writer Aleksandar Hemon.

Read all about Habitus in the Forward, the nation's leading Jewish newspaper.

Bookstores can order Habitus through Ubiquity Distributors.


Home News & Notes Issues Features Conversations Prose & Poetry Images About Habitus Subscribe	Habitus 04: New Orleans is on sale now. Some recent recognition for Habitus: The Jewish Week of New York has named our editor, Joshua Ellison, to its list of "36 Under 36": "...a spotlight on three dozen forward-thinking young people who are helping to remake the Jewish community." We are also very grateful to Library Journal, who cited Habitus for our "exemplary creative and journalistic work." Finally, Habitus has been featured in the most recent issue of Pakn Treger, the magazine of the National Yiddish Book Center. *** Shop at Amazon.com and support Habitus! Whatever you buy, you can help support Habitus by using this link. You can also visit our new Amazon Store for new books from Habitus authors, further readings about our featured cities, and other great recommendations. It's an easy and painless way to support the journal. *** The new issue is here! As always, we have worked hard to bring you a unique perspective on an extraordinary city––a view into New Orleans that only Habitus can offer. Our edition features some of the leading writers and thinkers from the city and beyond: including Rodger Kamenetz, Andrei Codrescu, Nancy Lemann, and others. In addition to our usual array of terrific fiction and poetry, we have a meditation on disaster and memory from Ari Kelman, a celebrated environmental historian, a photo essay documenting the city's unique and exuberant street culture from photographer L.J. Goldstein; an extraordinary memoir of the intersection of African-American and Jewish roots in one New Orleans family from Ronne Hartfield; interviews with musician-historian Ned Sublette and the Brazilian urban-planning innovator Jaime Lerner; and many more exciting features. Order your copy today...or, better yet, subscribe now and you won't miss a thing. *** Habitus 03: Buenos Aires is still on sale, so order now. Some highlights from the current issue: Interviews with composer Osvaldo Golijov and photographer Marcelo Brodsky, fiction from Rodrigo Fresan, Ana Maria Shua, and Marcelo Birmajer, poetry from Alejandra Pizarnik, Tal Nitzan, and Mirta Rosenberg...and a rare interview with Jorge Luis Borges. An excerpt from our Borges interview was featured in the "Readings" section of Harper's Magazine in April, 2008. Full contents » *** Recent Events: Writing from Sarajevo with Habitus May 19 · 5pm Northwestern University McCormick Tribune Auditorium 1870 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208 An evening of literature from the Bosnian capital, drawn from the pages of Habitus. Two Chicago-based novelists, Aleksander Hemon and Igor Štiks, will read from their work and discuss their native city with Habitus editor Joshua Ellison. Aleksandar Hemon is the celebrated author of The Question of Bruno and Nowhere Man. Hemon was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 2004. His fiction appears regularly in The New Yorker. Igor Štiks is the author of A Castle in Romagna, which received the Slavic Award for Best First Book. His second novel, Elijah’s Chair, received both the Gjalski Award and the Croatian Kiklop Award for the Best Fiction Book of the Year. An Evening with Arnon Grunberg April 24 · 7:30PM The Bronfman Center at NYU 7 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003 \| Map Habitus hosts a reading and conversation with celebrated Dutch novelist and journalist Arnon Grunberg. His controversial new novel, The Jewish Messiah, satirizes everything from Nazism to Zionism––above all, the book is a caustic study of human suffering, memory, and salvation. Grunberg will read from the novel and discuss his work with Habitus editor Joshua Ellison. “Like Philip Roth, Grunberg is deeply interested in anti-Semitism and the emotional and rhetorical mechanisms of political power; like Salman Rushdie or William Burroughs, he deploys strategic blasphemy with brilliant comedic timing.” -Booklist “The Jewish Messiah...is exhilarating, bewildering, and throat-clutchingly funny.” -Ruth Franklin PEN World Voices Festival: Rewriting Family. April 30 · 7PM Housing Works Used Book Cafe 126 Crosby Street, NYC 10012 \| Map Copresented by Habitus: A Diaspora Journal and Housing Works Bookstore Café. Family—that intimate nexus where private and public lives intersect; it’s where our identities are formed, where we have our first experiences of shared history and common fate. In an age of migration and global movement, the family unit has been strained, invigorated, and profoundly changed. Join writers P. F. Thomese, György Dragomán, and Yael Hedaya for a reflection on the role of family in their lives and work, and on the challenges of defining a modern approach to the family experience in literature. Introduced by Habitus editor Joshua Ellison. *** Habitus was named "Best New Magazine" of 2007 by Jewschool.com. Habitus 02: Sarajevo is still available. Read the introduction to the new issue here and view a gallery of Sarajevo images from Habitus photographers. You can also read the essay "Sarajevo Is..." by acclaimed writer Aleksandar Hemon. Read all about Habitus in the Forward, the nation's leading Jewish newspaper. Bookstores can order Habitus through Ubiquity Distributors.
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