Janna Malamud Smith

Janna Malamud Smith’s fifth book, When the Island Had Fish: The Remarkable Story of a Maine Fishing Community, was published in 2023.

The Brahmin and His Imaginary Friend

How a classic paean to the honest virtues of a Maine fisherman obscured several ugly truths

By Janna Malamud Smith | Monday December 2, 2024

The Scar on the Hand

Writers and the early loss of parents

By Janna Malamud Smith | Thursday April 28, 2022

An Italian Tragedy

Discovering a World War II tale that mesmerizes, then horrifies

By Janna Malamud Smith | Wednesday March 2, 2011

Shipwrecked

Like Robinson Crusoe after the storm, a daughter salvages what she can after her mother’s death

By Janna Malamud Smith | Saturday March 1, 2008

The Scar on the Hand

By Janna Malamud Smith | Thursday April 28, 2022

An Italian Tragedy

By Janna Malamud Smith | Wednesday March 2, 2011

Shipwrecked

By Janna Malamud Smith | Saturday March 1, 2008

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