Broad Street Review's Book Week 2026 Author Panel is now online. The four panelists offer serious thoughts about the state of literature in contemporary culture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQcd... #bookstagram

We've just contributed to a fundraiser by Aurora Classical, dedicated to bringing classical music to new audiences "without all the perceived pretense that can get in the way of its enjoyment." fundrazr.com/campaigns/au... #music

As "the bold, compassionate voice this moment needs" (per one reviewer), Nathaniel Popkin picks up fans wherever he talks about his new novel, PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN. (Image courtesy Joan Trachtenberg. Fan's name is Tink.) More info about the book here: www.newdoorbooks.net/partly-stron...

Hear from 4 great #Philly novelists without leaving your chair! @broadstreview's Book Week Panel is online Wed. 5/20, 6pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2026-b... #novels

Hear from 4 great #Philly novelists without leaving your chair! @broadstreview's Book Week Panel is online Wed. 5/20, 6pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2026-b... #novels

Sunday at 4 p.m., Narberth Bookshop, 221 Haverford Ave., Narberth, PA. www.narberthbookshop.com/events--book...

In Nathaniel Popkin’s PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN, “a progressive rabbi tries desperately to hold her interfaith community together amid increasing clashes over politics, racism, and Israel.” Featured in our #JAHM reading list @newdoorbooks.bsky.social www.newdoorbooks.net/partly-stron...

On #Philly Main Line Sunday: Nathaniel Popkin presents his novel PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN, a "thoughtful and deeply compassionate examination of the age-old divisions poisoning America’s social contract in the 21st century" (D. Brown, MORE TO COME…). www.narberthbookshop.com/events--book...

Latest review of PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN: "an important read, especially right now as fault lines continue to fracture with the recent war on Iran." www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/part... #novel #bookreview

On #Philly Main Line Sunday: Nathaniel Popkin presents his novel PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN, a "thoughtful and deeply compassionate examination of the age-old divisions poisoning America’s social contract in the 21st century" (D. Brown, MORE TO COME…). www.narberthbookshop.com/events--book...

More praise for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN, the new novel by Nathaniel Popkin. For the full interview with David Brown, see: moretocome.net/2026/04/20/w... Next author event: Sun., 5/17, 4pm, at Narberth Bookshop: www.narberthbookshop.com/events--book... #novel #Israel #Palestine

Released less than a week ago, PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by Nathaniel Popkin is already catching people's attention. www.newdoorbooks.net/partly-stron... #novel #Israel #Palestine

"I am one of those people who believe that my feelings about an author’s misdeeds, crimes, failings are ultimately unrelated to my opinion about, and the pleasure I get from, their work." lithub.com/charles-dick...

Tonight, 7:00 at Inkwood Books, an event in NJ, where PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN is set: www.inkwoodnj.com/events/49413... #novel #Palestine #Israel #Haddonfield

#Bookban update from Ron Charles: "book banners have grown increasingly intolerant of titles about science, health, history, political activism, social movements, economic inequality, and even classical art." roncharles.substack.com/p/the-most-e...

Crowds waiting to have copies of PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN signed by Nathaniel Popkin at the book launch. If these pix inspire a shiver of FOMO, check out upcoming events: www.newdoorbooks.net/partly-stron... Of course the book is also available at online retailers (not autographed, though).

What, you didn't get a signed copy of PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN at the launch on Tues. night? You have another chance this Friday, 5/8, 7pm, at Inkwood Books in Haddonfield. Details here: www.inkwoodnj.com/events/49413... #novel #Palestine #Israel

Last night's book launch at @philaathenaeum.bsky.social with Karen Heller interviewing Nathaniel Popkin about his novel PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN. "This novel is about the fragility of community." For more, see the Cleaver interview: www.cleavermagazine.com/a-conversati... #Palestine #Israel

Interview with Nathaniel Popkin: "everyone [in this novel] is injured in some way and carries the injuries of past generations before them. I felt that truth is what we often miss when we’re just engaged in blaming each other." www.cleavermagazine.com/a-conversati... #Israel #Palestine #fiction

Tonight in #Philly! philaathenaeum.org/event-detail...

Takeoff is finally here—Tuesday, 5/5, 6pm—for this "thoughtful and deeply compassionate examination of the age-old divisions poisoning America’s social contract." Register at philaathenaeum.org/event-detail... #novel

"All of us are susceptible…to being so attached to certain positions we become unable and unwilling to listen. Polarization…has stressed our civil society to the breaking point." That's Nathaniel Popkin, a writer who tries to bridge divisions: nathanielpopkin.substack.com/p/heres-your...

Next week! RU coming? If so, The Athenaeum wants you to register: philaathenaeum.org/event-detail... #novel #authorevent #Zionism #Palestine

"All of us are susceptible…to being so attached to certain positions we become unable and unwilling to listen. Polarization…has stressed our civil society to the breaking point." That's Nathaniel Popkin, a writer who tries to bridge divisions: nathanielpopkin.substack.com/p/heres-your...

Next week! RU coming? If so, The Athenaeum wants you to register: philaathenaeum.org/event-detail... #novel #authorevent #Zionism #Palestine

ICYMI: Our latest newsletter gets kind of philosophical. It deals with the classic concept of the "social contract" and how that applies to our splintering society. www.newdoorbooks.net/so/0aPss7OmB...

Coming up on May 20: an online panel from Broad Street Review featuring 4 novelists, including our Nathaniel Popkin. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2026-b... #novels #authorevents

"The 26 authors included show how moving through the world on foot is connected to so many other aspects of experience, individual and collective and both together: grief, curiosity, memory, connection, anger, caretaking, assault." readingandwalking.ca/2026/04/22/1... #walking

Why it helps to make noise about #bookbans. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

We're so grateful for the many wonderful indy bookstores in Philly. Stop in one today!

"The 26 authors included show how moving through the world on foot is connected to so many other aspects of experience, individual and collective and both together: grief, curiosity, memory, connection, anger, caretaking, assault." readingandwalking.ca/2026/04/22/1... #walking

@bookshop.org's Andy Hunter says "serious nonfiction and literary fiction remain strong" on the platform, "in opposition to the broader market trend." That's good news for serious publishers. As for the huge sales of romance, we all need to escape, don't we? www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Says @roncharles.bsky.social RE #bookbans: "The idea of teens setting aside their phones to read a contraband copy of Anthony Burgess’s 64-year-old dystopian classic fills me with optimism." He cites ALA reports on "pressure groups and government officials." roncharles.substack.com/p/whos-reall...

Arguments over Israel vs. Gaza are tearing treasured cultural institutions apart. Nathaniel Popkin's forthcoming novel PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN shows these forces in the microcosm of a NJ multifaith community. You can preorder at Amazon, Bookshop, etc. lithub.com/why-a-group-...

As always on #EarthDay, we celebrate TO REACH THE SPRING, Nathaniel Popkin's impassioned book-length essay designed "to stimulate ways of thinking about how an individual might reconceive of human life and human society on Earth." www.newdoorbooks.net/to-reach-the...

New review + interview for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN: "Popkin has created a thoughtful and deeply compassionate examination of the age-old divisions poisoning America’s social contract in the 21st century." Shipping to bookstores now. Pub date 5/5. moretocome.net/2026/04/20/w...

New review + interview for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN: "Popkin has created a thoughtful and deeply compassionate examination of the age-old divisions poisoning America’s social contract in the 21st century." Shipping to bookstores now. Pub date 5/5. moretocome.net/2026/04/20/w...

Book launch of PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN coming soon, May 5! Use link to register. About the protagonist, the idealistic Rabbi Adinah, Foreword Reviews says “her struggles become a microcosmic reflection of the contradictions and vivifying forces that characterize contemporary American Judaism.”

Just what we need, more "publishing content inspired by [an] iconic portfolio of brands and franchises." Sigh. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Less than 4 weeks till the launch of PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN! "The humanity of this novel!" exclaims novelist & critic Ken Kalfus. For bookstores & reviewers, there's plenty of info at the Edelweiss listing: www.edelweiss.plus#sku=17355585...

From Ch. 10, on Rabbi Adinah's dilemma: "she had no idea what [the synagogue president] thought about the rights of Palestinians.… Because she didn’t know, she silenced herself.” . Just one instance today when people don't dare speak. . This book gets readers to think. Maybe then we'll speak.

“At Synagogues, Tensions Are Boiling Over” by @epress.bsky.social describes the same situation as in PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN, the novel by Nathaniel Popkin: communities splintering over support for Israel. Novel launches 5/5 at @philaathenaeum.bsky.social. Register at tinyurl.com/PSPBLaunch

A Stein is a Stein is a Stein. Is a barbarian, according to Eliot. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Big publishing news this morning: roncharles.substack.com/p/ai-platfor...

@roncharles.bsky.social, in his new home on Substack, previews an AI publishing model. We love the idea of an automated book club "where the bots drink too much wine and gossip about the bot who didn’t come even though she chose the book." roncharles.substack.com/p/ai-platfor...

ICYMI: Our March newsletter, in which experiences at AWP spark a poem! www.newdoorbooks.net/so/04PqRwTaG...

Though we know that #Philly is the center of most everything, we learned only recently that this truism applies to #bluegrass. We've pitched in to keep it here. Can you help too? fnd.us/phillybluegr... #rootsmusic

Uh-oh, a #bookban bill, HR 7661, has advanced in Congress! See the notice from Authors Against Book Bans for steps you can take. mailchi.mp/8497050e4020...

To read Nathaniel's recent Substack post, go here: nathanielpopkin.substack.com To preorder the novel, publishing on May 5: www.newdoorbooks.net/partly-stron... To request advance review copies, use our Contact page: www.newdoorbooks.net/contact #novels #jewishcommunity

For those who like to plan ahead: The book launch for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN, the extraordinary new novel by Nathaniel Popkin, is on May 5, 6 p.m., in Philly. It's free (or donate what you wish), but registration is required: philaathenaeum.org/event-detail... #books #novels