"The Gorgeous George of Canadian literature" – Michael Wex
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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On Tuesday 24th November Michael Wex gave a talk to the Toronto Reading Series about his writing process.
He was the third of three authors (the others being Ian Brown talking about his book The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son and Catherine Gildiner with After the Falls) talking about what brought them to write their books and how they went about... 