"His books have not just been good for the Jews; they have been great." – Joel Yanofsky, Literary Review of Canada
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As I mentioned on Thursday, Wex was recently interviewed by Zoomer Magazine.
Athena McKenzie-Parkin asks Michael five questions about his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business including where the original idea for the book came from, whether the main character Faktor is based on a real person... 
Random House, as part of their marketing for The Frumkiss Family Business, asked Wex twenty questions. These are the results.
1. How would you summarize your book in one sentence?
A comic look at what it means to be a Jew--or anything else--today.
2. How long did it take you to write this book?
Slightly over a year.
3. Where is your favorite place to write?
At the kitchen table.
4. How... 
Here's an interview Wex did following the publication of How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck).
In it he talks to Rebecca Brighton about how not to be a shmuck and how Yiddish language informs Jewish... 
Al Roker knows more Yiddish than you'd guess
In December 2005 Wex appeared on the Today Show with Al Roker.
Al starts by talking to regular Joes in the Carnegie Deli to find out how much Yiddish they know.
He then interviews Wex about why he wrote Born to Kvetch. Wex explains how kvetching can be cathartic, the true meaning of kvetch, how Yiddish went mainstream and the definition of shlemiel.
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In November 2005 Wex appeared on Michael Feldman's PBS radio show Whad'Ya Know? to talk about Yiddish and Born to Kvetch.
It's a really fun interview - the audience and Michael Feldman yuk it up as Wex talks about kvetching, the origins of Yiddish, speaking German that Germans can't understand, Yiddish expressions for bullshit, jokes in the Bible, reciprocal cursing, Hitler's finger, humour in the old... 