Description
She's an iconic Jewish storyteller. She's a widely acclaimed professor and folklorist. She's the one and only Peninnah Schram, and Peninnah's World: A Jewish Life in Stories is her authorized biography, told through individual stories.
What is a biography told through stories? Because Schram's art form is storytelling, Peninnah's World dramatizes in vivid scenes her extraordinary trajectory from the New London, Connecticut-born child of immigrant parents steeped in Jewish tradition in the 1930s and '40s to award-winning, New York-based performer, writer and scholar. The book features landmarks such as the old Mohican Hotel in New London and Stern College for Women in Manhattan. Along the way, Schram enjoys close encounters with such luminaries as Noble Laureates Elie Wiesel and Isaac Bashevis Singer, as well as famed Yiddish-theater actress Molly Picon, actor Jeff Goldblum, singer/ethnomusicologist Ruth Rubin and others.
Written by storytelling studies professor and performer Caren Schnur Neile, the stories are in a form tailor-made to enjoy and share aloud. At the same time, theyserve as models for all those interested in creating their own life and family stories, whatever their background, whether on the page, on the stage, or among neighbors and loved ones.
Welcome to Peninnah's World. Prepare to explore your own.
Product Details
| Publisher | Hamilton Books |
| Publish Date | October 07, 2021 |
| Pages | 232 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780761872917 |
| Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches | 0.7 pounds |
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Reviews
"Through her dedicated scholarship, compelling performances and irresistible charm, Peninnah Schram single-handedly revived the Jewish oral storytelling tradition in America. This touching, intimate biography offers an album of vivid anecdotes conjured from Schram's recollections. Like Peninnah's name, it is a precious string of pearls." --Ellen Frankel, author, The Five Books of Miriam, former editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society
"Caren Neile waves a magic wand over interviews with the much-loved doyenne of Jewish storytelling, transforming them into story: scenes rendered in sharp prose that make the events walk right off the page into the reader's heart. Peninnah's World uses a novelist's technique to recreate Peninnah Schram as vividly as if she had stepped out of a Jewish version of Little Women." --Steve Zeitlin, author, The Poetry of Everyday Life: Storytelling and the Art of Awareness
"This nimble biographical writing offers an authentic view into the inner and outer worlds of one of our most important contemporary storytellers. Peninnah's World is a compelling reading experience, rich with intimacy and vivid dialogue. Neile's illumination of Peninnah's artistic journey to becoming an esteemed leader in her field is inspiring and adds pivotal detail to stories of the early days of the American storytelling renaissance." --Heather Forest Ph.D, storyteller, author, Wisdom Tales From Around the World
Caren Neile waves a magic wand over interviews with the much-loved doyenne of Jewish storytelling, transforming them into story: scenes rendered in sharp prose that make the events walk right off the page into the reader's heart. Peninnah's World uses a novelist's technique to recreate Peninnah Schram as vividly as if she had stepped out of a Jewish version of Little Women.
This nimble biographical writing offers an authentic view into the inner and outer worlds of one of our most important contemporary storytellers. Peninnah's World is a compelling reading experience, rich with intimacy and vivid dialogue. Neile's illumination of Peninnah's artistic journey to becoming an esteemed leader in her field is inspiring and adds pivotal detail to stories of the early days of the American storytelling renaissance.
Through her dedicated scholarship, compelling performances and irresistible charm, Peninnah Schram single-handedly revived the Jewish oral storytelling tradition in America. This touching, intimate biography offers an album of vivid anecdotes conjured from Schram's recollections. Like Peninnah's name, it is a precious string of pearls.
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