And explore an essay from Yolen on "'If the Muse comes calling'" below. Yolen writes, "My soft spot as a writer is the place where history, poetry, and legend combine to tell a deeper truth." bit.ly/4xoZcIZ
In the Jewish book world, I am mostly known for my Holocaust novels—Devil’s Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Mapping the Bones, and the picture book, The Stone Angel.