People of the Year — 21. Shalom Auslander
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Ever since first hearing this Monsey refugee’s tales of his Hasidic upbringing on This American Life and in the pages of The New Yorker (“I was raised like a veal�), we’ve had a hunch he might just be the second coming of Philip Roth. And with the 2007 release of Foreskin’s Lament, we’re happy to say: Called It!
Prediction for 2008: Luckily, Auslander isn’t a Rothian recluse, and he’ll continue touring with the book (he’s already booked the 92nd Street Y for January 24). Given his stage presence, a more fitting literary analogy might be: the David Sedaris of Orthodox Jews.
(Photo: Patrick Anderson, Courtesy Riverhead Books)
Adapted from “People of the Year,� Rockland Magazine, December 2007
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