Garrett, Leah

Leah Garrett is the Loti Smorgon Research Professor of Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture at Monash University, having previously been an Associate Professor of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Denver. She received a PhD in Jewish Literary Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She has published two previous books: Journeys beyond the Pale: Yiddish Travel Writing in the Modern World (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003) and (as editor) The Cross and Other Jewish Stories by Lamed Shapiro (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007).