The Mandell JCC in West Hartford will present ‘Award Winning Fiction: A Conversation with Avi Patt and Wallant Award Winners.’

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Submitted by Larah Winn, Mandell JCC

Avinoam Patt, Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern Jewish History at the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford will discuss the changing landscape of American Jewish Fiction with Wallant Award Winning writers, Eileen Pollack, Joshua Henkin and David Bezmozgis Monday, March 2, at 7 p.m. at the Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT.

The New Diaspora, co-written by Avinoam Patt, presents fiction by writers whose work has been considered or selected for the prestigious Edward Lewis Wallant Award. The collection celebrates the continuing vitality and fresh visions of contemporary Jewish writing.

This Mandell Jewish Book Festival event will feature authors, David Bezmozgis, The Betrayers, 2014 Wallant Award winner, is a writer and filmmaker, Joshua Henkin, The World Without You, 2012 Wallant Award winner, is director of the MFA program in Fiction Writing at Brooklyn College. Eileen Pollack, In the Mouth, 2008 Wallant Award winner, is a faculty member of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan.

The year-long Mandell JCC Jewish Book Festival includes a lineup of dyanmic authors and a variety of topics. Tickets to this Jewish Book Festival event are $20 per person and tickets are $95 for the entire series. Tickets are on sale via mail, in person, fax, or online at the Mandell JCC Box Office, 860-231-6316, 860-233-0802 (fax), [email protected] and atwww.mandelljcc.org. Patron and sponsorship opportunities available. For more information, Jill Ziplow, 860-231-6339,[email protected]. For updates, follow the Mandell JCC on Facebook and Twitter. Programs and events subject to change.

The 2014-2015 Mandell JCC Book Festival is funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, and sponsored by Mandell JCC Partners: The Hartford Courant, Saint Francis Care, LAZ Parking, Farmington Bank, Brown Brothers Harriman, Simsbury Bank, Max Restaurant Group, Kimberly Boutique, Group Insurance Associates, Premier Limo, Blo Blow Dry Bar, Waterford Hotel Group, Hartford Car and Driver, Chabad House with the support of The Jewish Book Council, RJ Julia Independent Book Sellers, The Greater Hartford Arts Council, The Jewish Ledger, Mandell JCC Pillars Society and Pacesetters (as of 2/6/15).

The Mandell Jewish Community Center is open to everyone and supported by funds raised by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, a recipient of funding from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, and a member of the JCC Association of North America. For updates, follow the Mandell JCC on Facebook and Twitter. All dates and programs subject to change.