An excerpt from “Hornets” appeared in PRISM International 53, no. 2 (2015).
“Yemeni Soup and Other Recipes” appeared in Grain 39, no. 4 (2012), and an excerpt from it also appeared in Sustenance: Writers from BC and Beyond on the Subject of Food (Anvil Press, 2017).
“Unravel the Tangle” appeared in Room 36, no. 2 (2013).
BY AYELET TSABARI
The Art of Leaving
The Best Place on Earth
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AYELET TSABARI was born in Israel to a large family of Yemeni descent. After serving in the Israeli army, she traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia and North America, and now lives in Tel Aviv. She teaches creative writing at the University of King’s College’s MFA Program in Creative Nonfiction and at Tel Aviv University. Tsabari’s first book, The Best Place on Earth, won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction, and was nominated for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. It was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick and included in Kirkus Reviews’ Best Debut Fiction of 2016. Essays from this book have also won several awards, including a National Magazine Award. In addition to writing, Tsabari has worked as a photographer and a journalist.
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