Ruby Newman

Professor Ruby Newman is Associate Professor of Humanities in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University.

Degrees

PhD Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
MA Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
BA Comparative Literature, CUNY (Brooklyn College)

Research Interests

Women , Religion, Oral Narratives, Longitudinal study of oral narratives of Beta Israel mothers and grandmothers
Today

    • 2023/2024 Book Review Series

    Virtual Event

    “Daughters of the New Year” by E. M. Tran with Ruby Newman A captivating debut novel that moves backwards in time to trace five generations of Vietnamese mothers and daughters, drawing on Vietnamese zodiac astrology to chart the fateful events of their lives. A “haunted story of resilience and survival” (Meng Jin, Little Gods), Daughters […]

    $12.00 – $40.00

    • 2023/2024 Book Review Series

    Virtual Event

    Tom Lake by Ann Patchett with Ruby Newman It's spring and Lara's three grown daughters have returned to the family orchard. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the one story they've always longed to hear – of the film star with whom she shared a stage, and a romance, years before. […]

    $12.00

    • Fall 2024 Book Review Series #1

    Virtual Event

    Ruby Newman on James by Percival Everett A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When Jim overhears he's to be sold and separated from his family, he hides on Jackson Island, where Huck Finn, escaping his violent father, joins him. Together, they embark on a […]

    $12.00 – $30.00

    • Fall 2024 Book Review: Cathy Tile on “House of Doors” by Tan Twan Eng

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    Cathy Tile - The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng A spellbinding novel about love, betrayal, colonialism, and redemption set in 1921 Penang. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband Robert host famed writer W. Somerset Maugham and his secretary Gerald at Cassowary House. As Maugham, grappling with personal and professional crises, seeks inspiration for his […]

    $12.00