Chat with Joy Preble on Gittel and growing up in Wisconsin
Q&A with Caroline Starr Rose on writing historical fiction
Article on Gittel (and me!) by Oklahoma City University student Kyah Alexander on OCU Media. (Page is temporarily unavailable)
Excerpt of Gittel in Judith Magazine
Blog post on the Arpin Colony and Gittel by British genealogist and independent scholar Ruth Bridgens
Past events...
—Sapulpa, Nov. 15, 2025
Tea & Talk under the sukkah, Emanuel Synagogue, Oklahoma City
—Oct. 12, 2025
Central Wisconsin Book Festival, Wausau, WI
—Sept. 24, 2025
Watermark Books, Wichita, KS
—Sept. 18, 2025
South Wood County Historical Museum
—June 25, 2025
Many thanks to the South Wood County Historical Museum for hosting this June homecoming for Gittel (and me!). Since Gittel is set in Wood County, this event gave me a chance to talk in depth about the history of the Central Wisconsin Jewish colony that inspired the book.
Green Feather Book Co. Launch party for Gittel
—April 2, 2025
Best of Books, Edmond—May 2025
Book Bash, Magic City Books, Tulsa—April 2025