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From Babylon to Brownsville: Family Sagas, Ancient and Modern

From Babylon to Brownsville: Family Sagas, Ancient and Modern

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The New York City Chapter of the Historical Novel Societypresents this recording from a presentation on September 16, 2026. Sarah Relyea ( Playground Zero ) is in conversation with Michelle Cameron ( Babylon: A Novel of Jewish Captivity ) and Florence Reiss Kraut ( How to Make a Life ) about writing multi-generational novels that explore themes of displacement and making a new life in a foreign land. They talk about their research, the challenges of writing across many decades, character development and much more in this informative discussion and Q&A with the audience.We recorded this presentation live at the Bookclub Bar in Manhattan and they had a lively group at the front of the house. We apologize for the considerable background noise throughout the program. Host:Sarah Relyea (Moderator) is the author of Playground Zero (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1631528890), a coming-of-age novel set in 1960s Berkeley, and Outsider Citizens: The Remaking of Postwar Identity in Wright, Beauvoir, and Baldwin, a study of the post-WWII literary scene. She has degrees in English and American literature from Harvard College and the CUNY Graduate Center and has taught at universities in New York and Taiwan. Sarah is the HNS-NYC Program Director. Shelives in Brooklyn with her partner. For more see: https://www.sarahrelyea.com Panelists: Michelle Cameron writes about little known epochs of Jewish history. The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz tells the story of the rise of antisemitism in medieval Europe; Babylon: A Novel of Jewish Captivity (https://ww.amazon.com/dp/B0CB78NNCZ ) takes place during the biblical Babylonian exile; and Beyond the Ghetto Gates and its sequel, Napoleon’s Mirage, explores the young General Napoleon Bonaparte’s relationship with the Jews of Italy and Israel. Among other accolades, Beyond the Ghetto Gates won the silver medal in theIndependent Publisher Book Awards for historical fiction, while Babylon was awarded the gold medal by the Historical Fiction Company, Ancient World category. In addition to her research and writing, Michelle teaches creative writing to children, teens, and aspiring novelists at The Writers Circle, a NJ-based creative writing program. For more see: https://michelle-cameron.com/ Florence Reiss Kraut was raised and educated in four of the five boroughs of New York City. With degrees in English and Social Work, she worked for over thirty years as a clinician, a family therapist, and finally CEO of a family service agency before retiring to write and travel widely. Her intense interest in family comes from growing up among 26 aunts and uncles and 31 first cousins, learning about the conflicts and mysteries of family life. She heard even more stories from her social work clients andcolleagues. Those stories became the basis for her fiction and essays. She has published stories for children and teens, romance stories for national magazines, literary stories, and personal essays for the Westchester section of The New York Times. She has three children and nine grandchildren. Heraward-winning historical novels, How to Make a Life (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083W419P1) and Street Corner Dreams, are very popular with book clubs, and she is currently working on a third historical novel. For more see: https://www.florencereisskraut.com/ HNS-NYC: https://hnsnyc.org
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