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‘For Book Clubs & Educators’ Page & Discussion of ‘Cockatoo Tears’

August 23, 2018 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

Hello everyone, I hope the summer has been treating you well! I have two announcements: By Light of Hidden Candles Discussion Guide & ‘For Book Clubs & Educators’ Page I mentioned recently that my publisher and I were developing a discussion guide for book clubs reading By Light of Hidden Candles. I’m pleased to announce that […]

Filed Under: Books, By Light of Hidden Candles, Letters to Josep, Short Fiction Tagged With: book clubs, by light of hidden candles, discussion guide, resources, short fiction

My Short Story ‘Cockatoo Tears’ Published in Qu Literary Magazine

May 22, 2018 by Daniella Levy 3 Comments

Moluccan Cockatoo, photo courtesy of OpenCage.info

Greetings all! I’m very pleased to announce that my short story, Cockatoo Tears, was published in the Spring 2018 edition of Qu Literary Magazine, a contemporary journal from Queens University of Charlotte. Here’s the opening section: “Mom. We have to save the rainforests.” These were the seven words with which my seven-year-old greeted me as she […]

Filed Under: Inspirations, Short Fiction Tagged With: environmentalism, rainforest, short fiction, short story

Video of Maqlooba Ceremony from Scarf Sisters!

May 17, 2018 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

A few months ago I shared a short story of mine, Scarf Sisters, about an Israeli settler who bonds with a Palestinian woman over their identical headscarves. When I read the story to an audience in Jerusalem, I was asked by several people it was based on a true story. It wasn’t, but there were elements […]

Filed Under: Inspirations, Life in Israel, Short Fiction Tagged With: Israel, short fiction, short story

Scarf Sisters – Short Story

January 24, 2018 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

Last week, I participated in a launch event for arc 25, literary journal of the Israel Association of Writers in English. Around 100 people turned up–a lot more than expected!–and it was awesome to meet the faces behind the wonderful poetry and prose that appears in the journal. I had a great time! You can […]

Filed Under: Life in Israel, Short Fiction Tagged With: short fiction, short story

My Poem ‘Stardust’ Published by Poetica & More News

January 10, 2018 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

Right, so first of all, my poem Stardust was just published in the 2017 Mizmor L’David Anthology by Poetica Publishing. You can read or download the full anthology as a PDF on the Poetica website here; Stardust appears on page 51. An excerpt: i don’t have to be the brightest thread in the carpet or the […]

Filed Under: News, Poetry, Short Fiction Tagged With: news, poetry, publishing, short fiction

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Disengagement

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Disengagement

“Brilliant and troubling…  Levy… has a deep understanding of the traumatic processes she writes about, and she is able to convey the heartache and disorientation in an engaging manner and with a sense of immediacy.” — Philip K. Jason, Washington Independent Review of Books “A thoroughly engaging novel, a quick but engrossing read… Levy’s writing […]

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    Dose 2 V for vaccine & victory against COVID-19! Blessed is He who has given us life and sustained us
  • 15 years. What have we learned?⁣ ⁣ I don
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    15 years. What have we learned?⁣ ⁣ I don't know about the nation as a whole. But this book is
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    1 year ago
    Coronavirus has forced us all into a new reality, and I have found myself facing it with uncharacteristic calm. I'm
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    They always said I was a strange bird  #happypurim   #whenlifegivesyoumasks   #makeapurimcostume   #pandemicpurim 
  • Just sold the very last copy of #LetterstoJosep in my personal stock. Don
    8 months ago
    Just sold the very last copy of  #LetterstoJosep  in my personal stock. Don't worry, it's still freely available online, and
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    12 months ago
    Just gonna take this  #santjordi2020  opportunity to shamelessly brag that  @carlespuigdemont , former president of Catalonia, has a copy of my
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     #coronavirusfashion   #stayhome   #butifyouhavetogoout   #wearamask 
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    3 clips (swipe⏩ to see all 3!) from yesterday's FB Live virtual launch party for Disengagement! Full video is on
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    5 months ago
    I was truly devastated to learn of the passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks זצ"ל yesterday. Rabbi Sacks was a
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    6 months ago
    A week ago, just before Shabbat/Succot, I welcomed my fourth child--first daughter--into a crazy, upside-down world. Waiting for her arrival
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    Sound on for a little taste of Lori's wonderful performance of  #ByLightofHiddenCandles . The  #audiobook  comes out on Audible and Amazon
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    A very happy memory from the good old days when you could still travel to visit family and see stuff
  • A message for our times, from The Rejection Survival Guide. Link to new post--"Hope in the Time of Coronavirus"--in bio.
    7 months ago
    A message for our times, from The Rejection Survival Guide. Link to new post--"Hope in the Time of Coronavirus"--in bio.
  • Sound on to hear a preview from my conversation with Rav Mike Feuer on The Jewish Story about my new
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    Sound on to hear a preview from my conversation with Rav Mike Feuer on The Jewish Story about my new
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    8 months ago
    Yesterday, what is probably the loveliest, most touching "fan letter" I've ever received arrived in my inbox. A reader happened
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    1 year ago
     @myheritage_official  just released a new feature that automatically colorizes black and white photos. Meet my great-great-grandmother Lena, a.k.a. Leah Gittel,
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    8 months ago
    After some COVID-related delays, including the narrator getting stuck in another state (!) and having to set up a whole
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     #LetterstoJosep  is being featured in the Zionist Book Festival at the University of Missouri next week, hosted by the MU
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    1 year ago
    Time to reconfigure my book charm necklace Many thanks to  @fromnewleaf  for the beautiful  #bookcharms  ❤️  #disengagement   #comingsoon 

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