The natural beauty of the Catskills and the colorful kaleidoscope of characters that inhabited its hotels, resorts and bungalow colonies have long inspired writers seeking to capture a unique summer world — and the high jinks that often ensued.
Though separated by a generation, fiction writers Eileen Pollack (The Bible of Dirty Jokes;The Rabbi in the Attic;Paradise, New York) and Lily Barrish Levner (Banquets and Bootleg Bounty), both grew up in the Catskills and their identities and storytelling are profoundly shaped by the resort era.
Thea Wieseltier, director of public programs at 70 Faces Media, moderates this intimate exploration of family, community, nostalgia and their power to spark our imagination.
