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Seth Rogovoy

Seth Rogovoy

Seth Rogovoy is an award-winning music critic, radio commentator, musician, and author of The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music (Algonquin Books, 2000). His writing has appeared in Newsday, Haaretz, the Boston... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Don't forget to breathe.
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My life in 8 words: "Old World meets New and they dance together"
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Introduction from Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan is now available in Hardcover, eBook
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Bob Dylan will be released on November 24, 2009 in Hardcover, eBook
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Bob Dylan will be released on November 24, 2009 in eBook
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Bob Dylan is now available in eBook
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Introduction from Bob Dylan
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Seth Rogovoy Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Don't forget to breathe. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. The lack of subject-object pronoun agreement in contemporary American English. Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. In any case Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Singing and playing guitar. Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. A sunny, cool morning with a pot of black tea and the daily newspapers. Learn more about Seth Rogovoy

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Cleveland Jewish news, March 6, 2010
...of them book reviews, on everything from recent biographies of Theodor Herzl, all reviewed by Allan Arkush, to Seth Rogovoy’s Jewish biography of Bob Dylan, reviewed by Ron Rosenbaum. Harvard biblicist Jon D. Levenson discusses what makes Islam,...
North Adams Transcript, January 6, 2010
...classes entitled 'Writing: How do artists write about their work?' These interactive sessions will be led by writer/editor Seth Rogovoy and artist Meryl Joseph. Facilitated by Kidspace Director and MCLA Professor Laura Thompson, the seminars will examine...
IBerkshires.com, December 31, 2009
...of classes entitled Writing: How do artists write about their work?These interactive sessions will be led by writer/editor Seth Rogovoy and artist Meryl Joseph. Facilitated by Kidspace Director and MCLA Professor Laura Thompson, the seminars will examine...
Berkshire Eagle, November 29, 2009
...Local author and music critic Seth Rogovoy will be at The Bookloft on Friday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m., reading from and signing his new book 'Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet,' published by Scribner. In...
Berkshire Eagle, October 9, 2009
...some non-professional actors from the Berkshires community: Jeff Kent, Jerome Spratling; some well-known community personalities: Berkshure Living editor Seth Rogovoy, and Megan Whilden, director of Pittsfield’s Office of Cultural Development. "We felt...
Jewish Ledger, September 16, 2009
...In this new book 'BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet' (Scribner, due out in early December) Great Barrington writer Seth Rogovoy looks at how Jewish themes influnced the legendary rock star. Rogovoy is editor-in-chief of BERKSHIRE LIVING and several of its...
Articles, November 20, 2009
...While in his mid-30s, author Seth Rogovoy began what he calls “a mostly self-directed study of Jewish scripture”—the Bible, Talmud, the mystical writings constituting theKabbalah, the traditional prayer liturgy...