
Houses of Study by Ilana M. Blumberg
“Houses of Study is a love affair with books. . . . For Blumberg, the pleasure of knowledge is always meant to be shared. . . . Her prose soars to a breathless lyricism when she enacts for us the pleasure and perils of conquering an uncharted page of Gemara. . . This book is a union of letters no less magnetic; to enter Ilana Blumberg’s houses of study is, invariably, to become ignited.”—Lilith