Harvey Pekar

Harvey Pekar (1939–2010) is best known for his autobiographical comic book series American Splendor and Our Cancer Year, which was made into an Academy Award–nominated film starring Paul Giamatti in 2003.

Harvey Pekar's Titles

Yiddishkeit Jewish Vernacular and the New Land

Yiddishkeit

Yiddish is everywhere. We hear words like nosh, schlep, and schmutz all the time, but how did these words come to pepper American English? In...