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Naomi Sokoloff’s research and teaching focus primarily on Modern Jewish Literature, with special attention to Hebrew literature. She co-edited the book 'Talk Talk Hebrew (And Means Americans)', which celebrates the vitality of Modern Hebrew and addresses the challenges and joys of being a Hebraist in America in the twenty-first century. The volume won the National Jewish Book Award. Sokoloff's recent work includes co-editing '1948: Israeli Literature Making', published by SUNY Press in 2020, featuring essays that explore the shifting linguistic, geographical, cultural, and artistic boundaries of Israeli writing. Contributors analyze texts composed in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic by both Jews and non-Jews, including canonical and non-canonical authors. Sokoloff has published widely on Israeli and American literature, commenting on the works of notable authors such as Diane Ackerman, S.Y. Agnon, and Yehuda Amichai, among others. She has discussed various topics including the responses to the Holocaust, gender and women’s voices in literature, and representations of childhood in fiction.
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