Steve Zeitlin
Steve Zeitlin is a folklorist, writer, cultural activist, and the Founding Director of City Lore, New York’s center for urban folk culture. He received his Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author or coauthor of 10 award-winning books on America’s folk culture. His latest is JEWels: Teasing out the Poetry in Jewish Humor and Storytelling (JPS). Others include The Poetry of Everyday Life: Storytelling and the Art of Awareness (Cornell), Because God Loves Stories: An Anthology of Jewish Storytelling (Simon & Schuster), a volume of poetry, I Hear America Singing in the Rain (First Street Press) and three books for young readers. He coproduced the storytelling series American Talkers for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and Morning Edition with Dave Isay and is the recipient of the American Folklore Society’s Benjamin Botkin Award for lifetime achievement in public folklore.
