Cynthia Ozick

Cynthia Ozick is the author, most recently, of Antiquities and Other Stories.

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  1. Death of an Avid Reader

    Remembering Robert Gottlieb, the editor of Toni Morrison, Robert Caro, and many others, who died last week at 92

    Cynthia Ozick
    Robert Gottlieb at home
    George Etheredge / The New York Times / Redux

  3. The Wedding Present

    As a young woman, I had a friendly correspondence with a German soldier right after World War II. I’ve been thinking about the silence at the core of our exchange ever since.

    Cynthia Ozick
    2 illustrations: a woman with black bobbed hair and dark-rimmed glasses holding a red book with flowers and bookshelves in background, and a German soldier with helmet and rifle
    Maira Kalman