{"id":1207,"date":"2022-05-09T09:46:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T14:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/jewish-studies\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2022-05-19T10:32:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T15:32:33","slug":"writer-francisco-goldman-in-conversation-with-rachel-buff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/jewish-studies\/writer-francisco-goldman-in-conversation-with-rachel-buff\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer Francisco Goldman in Conversation with Rachel Buff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O1irjBMV8Jw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In <em>Monkey Boy<\/em>, Francisco Goldman\u2019s \u201cbrilliantly constructed auto-fiction\u201d (NPR), we meet Francisco Goldberg, a middle-aged writer grappling with the challenges of family and love, legacies of violence and war, and growing up as the son of immigrants \u2013 a Guatemalan Catholic mother and a Russian Jewish father \u2013 in a predominantly white, working-class Boston suburb. Told in an irresistibly funny, tender and passionate voice, this extraordinary portrait of family explores the pressures of living between worlds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR<\/strong>, <em>Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews<\/em>, AND <em>Washington Independent Review of Books <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNER OF THE ALMA AWARD FOR BEST JEWISH FICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u201c<em>Monkey Boy<\/em> is a moving story on what it means to be Jewish and Catholic, what it means to have immigrant parents from vastly different parts of the world, and how a Guatemalan Jewish kid in a white Boston suburb finds his way in the world.\u201d <\/span>&#8212; ALMA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><br \/>\nFrancisco Goldman has published four previous novels and two books of nonfiction. <em>The Long Night of White Chickens<\/em> was awarded the American Academy\u2019s Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. <em>The Interior Circuit<\/em> was named by the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> one of 10 best books of the year. <em>The Art of Political Murder<\/em> is now an HBO documentary. Goldman\u2019s most recent novel, <em>Say Her Name<\/em>, won the Prix Femina \u00e9tranger. His books have been published in sixteen languages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Rachel Buff<\/strong><br \/>\nRachel Ida Buff teaches history and comparative ethnic studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is author, most recently, of\u202f<em>A is for Asylum Seeker: Words for People on the Move\/A de Asilo: Palabras para Personas en Movimiento<\/em>\u202f(Fordham University Press, 2020). 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