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William Kolbrener

William Kolbrener teaches creative non-fiction in the program. A prolific essayist, his writings have appeared in the Jewish Daily ForwardHaaretz, the Jewish Review of Books, and Washington Post, among other publications. His much-praised first book of essays, Open-Minded Torah: Of Irony, Fundamentalism and Love was published by Continuum in 2011. Prof. Kolbrener is also a noted Miltonist and scholar of the Early Modern period in British literature and has written on the connection between literary theory and Jewish thought. 

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