Author of THEY WERE LIKE FAMILY TO ME, a collection of linked stories illuminated with magical realism, following the inhabitants of a small town in 1942 Poland and tracing the troubling complex choices they are compelled to make. Finalist for The Story Prize and Honorable Mention in the 2017 ALA Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish Literature. Originally published as IN THE LAND OF ARMADILLOS. Columnist for the Jewish Standard.
My short story, The Golem of Zukow, has just been published in The Kenyon Review's online journal. (Whoo hoo!) And to get you hooked, here are the first 300 words. The Golem of Zukow by Helen Maryles Shankman The Mirsky mill nested at the fork of the Bug and Wlodawa rivers, near the liquid and... Continue Reading →
HELEN MARYLES SHANKMAN 