The Late Harvey Pekar's Book on Yiddish Coming Soon!

Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land is edited by Pekar and Paul Buhle. There's a preview waiting for you if you click the link embedded in this post's title. I can't wait to tell my ENGL 3327 class about it!

What are you waiting for? Mench up and stop being a putz! Go read it! ;)

You Know You Wish you Were Enrolled at UTEP Come Fall 2011!

"Get Your Hands Off My Pekar!"

Apparently Harvey Pekar's wife, Joyce Brabner, does not want some of his pending stories published if they include selections Harvey created with Tara Seibel, a situation allowing my inner 13 year old the chance to pen a post title.

Harvey Pekar Passes Away

I just learned about the death of Harvey Pekar (PEE-car), who might be best known for the film adaptation of his American Splendor. Pekar's work was the epitome of slice-of-life realism, and I'm sorry he won't be making any more work for us. Go read Our Cancer Year, American Splendor, and The Quitter if you haven't. They're all very candid and moving in their own way. May he rest in peace.