Scribblers on the Roof: Contemporary Jewish Fiction
Melvin Jules Bukietis the author ofStrange Fireand five other books of fiction and the editor of two previous anthologies. He is on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College.David G. Roskiesis professor of Yiddish literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author ofA Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytellingand editor-in-chief of the New Yiddish Library. Bukiet and Roskies live equidistant from the crosswalk on Broadway and 111th Street in Manhattan, where they put together this book.