Rhoda’s final novel, Solimeos, officially released today, June 13, 2023. Rhoda worked on this amazing book, her opus magnus, for nearly 20 years until she died in August 2015. We have to give a shout out to Dana Isaacson for his brilliant editing work. Ask your local bookstore to bring it or order online at … Continue reading It’s Here! Rhoda’s Final Novel, Solimeos
By Bruce Weber, Sept 5, 2015 If you have a NYTimes subscription, you can read this directly on their website. Text below for those who don’t have access. Rhoda Lerman, whose critically praised novels melded history with contemporaneity, mythology with social criticism, feminism with a Jewish sensibility and snark with seriousness, died on Aug. 30 … Continue reading New York Times Obituary
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Woman was author, Pulitzer nominee — and dog lover from Binghamton Press Connects, Sept 27, 2015 ( http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/connections/life-lived/2015/09/27/woman-author-pulitzer-nominee-dog-lover/72805026/) Valerie Zehl, Binghamton 5:00 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2015 (Photo: File photo) Not many Port Crane residents have their passing reported in The New York Times. Prolific author Rhoda Lerman did. When she died on Aug. 30 … Continue reading Binghamton Press Connects Obit
Loretta Swit continues her performance of Eleanor at the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach California Nov 3-6.
Sue Struve as Eleanor at the Compass Rose Theater Rhoda’s play, Eleanor, had a revival at the Compass Rose Theater in Annapolis due to it’s popularity the year before. Here are reviews and other related articles about the play from the 2016 performance: Baltimore Sun Portrayal of Roosevelt takes audiences on worthwhile ‘Secret Journey’, Oct … Continue reading Eleanor: Her Secret Journey at Compass Rose Theater in Annapolis, Sept-Oct 2016
“has been compared to Fear of Flying” “Lerman’s slyly irreverent sensibility, one of the most idiosyncratic in contemporary prose. Her comic range is enormous.”
“You have company coming, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and E.L. Doctorow”
