Tuesday, May 5 at 6:00 PM
Join us for the launch of Nathaniel's new novel about political divisions in a community. Set in the month leading up to October 7, 2023, the book follows a progressive rabbi trying to hold her interfaith community together.
A book signing and reception with light refreshments will follow the program.
PAY WHAT YOU WISH. (Please, add an amount when you check out. $10 suggested ticket price.) Advance registration required.
PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN (2026) is Nathaniel Popkin’s fourth novel and eighth book. He is also the co-editor of the anthology Who Will Speak for America? (2018). In the novels The Year of the Return (2019) and Everything Is Borrowed (2018) and in the book-length essay To Reach the Spring (2020), Popkin examines intersections of Jewish ideals and lived realities. Formerly a writer of criticism for the Wall Street Journal, Kenyon Review, Public Books, and Cleaver Magazine, among other publications, Popkin’s essays have appeared in the New York Times, Tablet, and Gulf Coast. As an American urban historian, Popkin has been a significant voice on the past, present, and future of his home city of Philadelphia, where he is co-founder, with Peter Woodall, of the public history website Hidden City and co-author of two Hidden City books, Finding the Hidden City (2017) and the forthcoming Philadelphia In Color 1950-1990 (2026). He is a producer and writer of multiple Emmy Award winning history documentaries, including Philadelphia: The Great Experiment (2011-2019), Sisters in Freedom (2018), and the ten-part series, In Pursuit: Philadelphia and the Making of America (2026). His studio, You’ll Never Forget Productions, co-founded with director Andrew Ferrett, is producing the nine-part series, For the Common Good: The Woman Who Shaped the Nation (2026).
Nathaniel will be in conversation with veteran journalist Karen Heller. Karen is the former national features writer for The Washington Post, where she reported on a wide array of subjects, including books, politics, the arts and social issues, contributing profiles of the celebrated and unsung. She previously worked as both a metro and features columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She has won awards for investigative reporting, feature writing and criticism, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary. She has been a book reviewer her entire career.
This is a free event.
