ABOUT THIS EPISODE
After a twelve-year hiatus, Parchment, the only literary journal devoted to contemporary Canadian Jewish writing, is back!
The latest iteration of the journal is supported by a coast-to-coast-to-coast who's who of Canadian Jewish writers, scholars, and litterateurs and will feature a mix of fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction, and translation that explores the many shades of Canadian Jewish life. In this episode, host Jonathan Slater sits down with Parchment's new editor-in-chief, Orly Zebak, for a conversation about what the journal's return means for the Canadian Jewish literary ecosystem, the role it's primed to play in the wider Canadian literary conversation, and the perennially debated question: What is Canadian Jewish literature?
OUR GUEST
Orly Zebak is the editor-in-chief of Parchment, the managing editor at Brick, A Literary Journal, and the co-founder of Niv magazine. When she is not making magazines, she performs and writes stand-up comedy.
RECOMMENDED READING
Parchment's website
"Parchment, a Canadian Jewish Literary Journal, Relaunches after a Decade-Long Absence," Jonathan Rothman, The Canadian Jewish News
"A Home for Jewish Voices: The Return of Parchment," Kelly Baron, "Our Community Stories," Holy Blossom Temple
EPISODE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Host: Jonathan Slater
Producer/Editor: Theadora Draper
Music: J.K. Bradley
Executive Producers: Joshua Tapper and David S. Koffman
Tête-à-tête: Conversations in Canadian Jewish Studies is made possible by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Aid to Scholarly Journals program and the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry, both at York University.