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On Being and Timelessness

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On Being and Timelessness is about literature, translation, and ideas. Topics include how the ancient and the present connect; Jewish poetry and prose; why translation matters; and people who are worth a closer look.

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About Aviya Kushner

I am the author of WOLF LAMB BOMB (Orison Books) and The Grammar of God (Spiegel & Grau/ Penguin Random House), and I write a column on language for The Forward. My newsletter here, On Being and Timelessness, is about literature and ideas.

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