[Past event] Anne Frank’s message for today to be a theme of writer Ruth Franklin at UAlbany
Author Ruth Franklin discusses Anne Frank’s transformation from ordinary teenager to cultural icon and her diary’s message for today at UAlbany on…
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Photo from the slipcover of The Many Lives of Anne Frank by Ruth Franklin.
Editor’s note: This event has already taken place.
Ruth Franklin, the author of The Many Lives of Anne Frank (Jan. 2025), will discuss the transformation of Anne Frank (1929-1945) from ordinary Jewish teenager during the Holocaust to cultural icon today during a free talk and book signing at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the multi-purpose room of the Campus Center West at the University at Albany. The program, open to the community, is on the uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany.
Franklin, chronicles and shares Anne’s life while also telling the story of the diary—its drafts, reception, and its message for today.
Franklin is a former editor at The New Republic and a nonfiction writing teacher at Columbia University.
Previous books are Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction and Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life.
The program is co-sponsored by the New York State Writing Institute the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and UAlbany’s Writing & Critical Inquiry Program (WCI).
Originally published at
The Jewish World
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[Past event] Anne Frank’s message for today to be a theme of writer Ruth Franklin at UAlbany
Author Ruth Franklin discusses Anne Frank’s transformation from ordinary teenager to cultural icon and her diary’s message for today at UAlbany on…
The Jewish World
1
mins read time
Originally published at
The Jewish World
Photo from the slipcover of The Many Lives of Anne Frank by Ruth Franklin.
Editor’s note: This event has already taken place.
Ruth Franklin, the author of The Many Lives of Anne Frank (Jan. 2025), will discuss the transformation of Anne Frank (1929-1945) from ordinary Jewish teenager during the Holocaust to cultural icon today during a free talk and book signing at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the multi-purpose room of the Campus Center West at the University at Albany. The program, open to the community, is on the uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany.
Franklin, chronicles and shares Anne’s life while also telling the story of the diary—its drafts, reception, and its message for today.
Franklin is a former editor at The New Republic and a nonfiction writing teacher at Columbia University.
Previous books are Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction and Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life.
The program is co-sponsored by the New York State Writing Institute the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and UAlbany’s Writing & Critical Inquiry Program (WCI).
Originally published at
The Jewish World
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[Past event] Anne Frank’s message for today to be a theme of writer Ruth Franklin at UAlbany
Author Ruth Franklin discusses Anne Frank’s transformation from ordinary teenager to cultural icon and her diary’s message for today at UAlbany on…
The Jewish World
1
mins read time
Originally published at
The Jewish World
Photo from the slipcover of The Many Lives of Anne Frank by Ruth Franklin.
Editor’s note: This event has already taken place.
Ruth Franklin, the author of The Many Lives of Anne Frank (Jan. 2025), will discuss the transformation of Anne Frank (1929-1945) from ordinary Jewish teenager during the Holocaust to cultural icon today during a free talk and book signing at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the multi-purpose room of the Campus Center West at the University at Albany. The program, open to the community, is on the uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany.
Franklin, chronicles and shares Anne’s life while also telling the story of the diary—its drafts, reception, and its message for today.
Franklin is a former editor at The New Republic and a nonfiction writing teacher at Columbia University.
Previous books are Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction and Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life.
The program is co-sponsored by the New York State Writing Institute the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and UAlbany’s Writing & Critical Inquiry Program (WCI).
Originally published at
The Jewish World
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[Past event] Anne Frank’s message for today to be a theme of writer Ruth Franklin at UAlbany
Author Ruth Franklin discusses Anne Frank’s transformation from ordinary teenager to cultural icon and her diary’s message for today at UAlbany on…
The Jewish World
1
mins read time
Originally published at
The Jewish World
Photo from the slipcover of The Many Lives of Anne Frank by Ruth Franklin.
Editor’s note: This event has already taken place.
Ruth Franklin, the author of The Many Lives of Anne Frank (Jan. 2025), will discuss the transformation of Anne Frank (1929-1945) from ordinary Jewish teenager during the Holocaust to cultural icon today during a free talk and book signing at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the multi-purpose room of the Campus Center West at the University at Albany. The program, open to the community, is on the uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany.
Franklin, chronicles and shares Anne’s life while also telling the story of the diary—its drafts, reception, and its message for today.
Franklin is a former editor at The New Republic and a nonfiction writing teacher at Columbia University.
Previous books are Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction and Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life.
The program is co-sponsored by the New York State Writing Institute the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and UAlbany’s Writing & Critical Inquiry Program (WCI).
Originally published at
The Jewish World
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