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Rare Stuff, a literary novel set in the mid-1990s, tells the story of Sidney Zimmerman, a slightly lost photographer working on an infinite series of portraits. After the sudden death of Sid’s father Aaron, Sid and her boyfriend André trace a series of wacky clues Aaron irritatingly left to lead them to the solution of the mysterious disappearance of Sid’s mother, a whale enthusiast named Dorothy, eighteen years earlier. Aaron also bequeathed them a manuscript sporting his wild ideas that his wife had been adopted by Yiddish speaking whales who try to save the planet. 

Rare Stuff, a novel
Published August 1st, 2022

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Events

Multi Ethnic Literature Conference Jai Chakrabarti, Sara Lippmann, and Brett Ashley Kaplan

 

Rare Stuff: a Conversation with Dan Beachy-Quick at Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins, CO April 10, 2023

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Roth and Rare Stuff, Roth @90 Conference at The Newark Public Library, March 14-17, 2023

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Creative Writing, Scholarship, and Jewish Studies, Association for Jewish Studies, December 18, 2022 

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A Conversation About Rare Stuff and Cetacean with Performance Artist Deke Weaver, at The Literary, Champaign IL, December 3, 2022

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Texas Book Festival Featured Author, November 6, 2022

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Book launch, Illini Union Bookstore, University of Illinois, October 27, 2022

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Ottawa Lit Fest, Featured Author, October 15, 2022

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Research Spotlight: Rare Stuff University of Illinois Library, September 29, 2022

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