I feel that I need to address the controversy surrounding Homegrown Magic and Rebecca Podos ( review here ). There are many claims that the book is antisemitic and that Podos experiences internalized antisemitism. I discovered this after finishing the novel. I wasn't even planning on talking about this book from a Jewish perspective. Although, as you can see, I did make this discussion separate from my review. The only Jewish things I noticed in it were the names "Yael" and "

Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite writers of all time. If the bookstore in Scotland I hope to own one day is haunted by his ghost, I...