Career
Her area of specialty was Jewish American fiction. Her published books include Comic Relief: Humor in Contemporary American Literature, Saul Bellow"s Enigmatic Laughter (1974), and Cynthia Ozick"s Comic Art: From Levity to Liturgy. She edited From Hester Street to Hollywood: The Jewish-American Stage and Screen (Jewish Literature and Culture Series), Making a Scene: The Contemporary Drama of Jewish-American Women, and Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humor.
Her plays include The Ladies Locker Room, a biopic on Molly Picon, Soul Sisters, and a musical review called Sophie, Totie & Belle.
She worked with Joanne Koch on a number of other plays. She collaborated with Isaac Bashevis Singer on the off-Broadway play Schlemiel the First.
She died of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease on November 10, 2008 age 72.
