by Marilla | May 26, 2010 | Interviews, Videos
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...
by Marilla | May 23, 2010 | Interviews
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...
by Marilla | Nov 27, 2009 | Interviews
Below you will find Michael Wex’s author questionnaire he completed for the Jewish Book Council. What’s your favorite quotation? “Are you coming out of that bathroom sometime today?” (My father) What’s the best single piece of advice about writing that you’ve...
by Marilla | Nov 11, 2009 | Interviews
Earlier this month Wex was interviewed about How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) by David Green, editor of Haaretz newspaper’s Books section. It has just been published as part of Haaretz’s November books supplement. The interview is reproduced in full...
by Marilla | Nov 9, 2009 | Interviews, Where's Wex?
This week Wex is on the road again – for the final push in the Jewish Book Council tour. If you’re in Rockland County New York, Cherry Hill New Jersey, New Haven Connecticut, Rockville Maryland or Las Vegas Nevada you can come and see Wex talk live about...
by Marilla | Sep 30, 2009 | Interviews
Yesterday Michael gave Bonnie Graham an interview about how to be a mentsh for Blog Talk Radio. You can listen to it by clicking on the player below (Wex’s is the first part of the show – it’s about half an hour).
