Sonia Taitz: First the 4-star novel, then the 4-star memoir

I am a huge fan of Sonia Taitz’s novel, In the King’s Arms, the story of a young New York City woman who heads off to England --- the obvious destination of any English grad student whose parents are Holocaust survivors --- and has memorable romantic entanglements. Using much of...

In the King’s Arms

I get many, many new books each week; there’s no way I can be fair to them all. So I developed a plan: I read the first sentence, and if it hooks me, I read the first paragraph. If that appeals, I go on to the first chapter. But make no...

Down Under

Back when Mel Gibson was Mel Gibson, he made some movies on the block where Sonia Taitz lives. Sonia Taitz is married. A mother. Not looking to stray. But…. Mel Gibson. “Imagine the sizzle of seeing Mel stroll by the MealMart on West 79th Street, slipping into this trailer!” she recalls. Then Mel...