Professor Ilana Blumberg talks about becoming interested in reading and writing, her Jewish upbringing, and being a typical "American girl". She mentions the tensions of navigating between tradition and modernity and the special challenge for women that it poses. Blumberg also talks about how living in Michigan has influenced her writing and how she likes to write about families and the tensions of belonging while trying to find independence. Blumberg is interviewed by Kara Gust for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
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