Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz

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Books

The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism (Indiana University Press)
"Every once in awhile a book comes along and smacks you in the face with its wisdom, intelligence, and compassionate politics. The Colors of Jews is such a book." ––Chandra Talpade Mohanty

"In her calm, reasonable, assured voice, with formidable intellectual clarity, a wealth of reading, a fine ear for balancing argument, statistic and anecdote, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz throws open to questioning every assumption about the meaning of race, identity, justice and history. . . ." ––Tony Kushner



Essays
The Issue Is Power: Essays on Women, Jews, Violence, and Resistance (Aunt Lute, 1992)
"You are in for a challenge--an intellectual feast and a strategic call to action"--Response
Fiction
My Jewish Face& Other Stories (Aunt Lute, 1990)
"Her writing sacrifices neither clarity nor depth."-- Judith McDaniel
Multi-genre Collection
The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology (Beacon Press, 1989)
"A vigorous, stimulating celebration of a multifaceted Jewish womanhood." -- Publishers Weekly
Poems
We Speak in Code (Motheroot Publications, 1980)
"These poems fix impermeably those crucial moments when change happens. . . a way-making book." -- Tillie Olsen



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