Noted author Sanford Sternlicht will return to Colgate Bookstore to discuss his latest work, Tenement Saga, on April 4 at 4 p.m. in the Class of 2003 Events Room on the third floor.

Nearly two million Jewish men, women, and children emigrated from Eastern Europe between 1882 and 1924 and settled in, or passed through, the Lower East Side of New York City. Sanford Sternlicht tells of his own childhood in this vibrant neighborhood and puts it within the context of fourteen early twentieth-century East Side writers who defined this new "Jewish homeland" and paved the way for the later great Jewish American novelists. Sternlicht discusses the role of women, the Yiddish Theater, secular values, the struggle between generations, street crime, labor unions, and the importantance of newspapers and periodicals. He documents the decline of Yiddish culture as these immigrants blended into "The Golden Land."

Colgate Bookstore is Central New York's largest independent downtown bookstore. Nestled in the heart of scenic Hamilton, NY on Route 12-B, Colgate Bookstore is a premiere book, music and gift store that has hosted well over 200 author appearances and events since its opening in August of 2002.

For more information about this event, contact Chelly Crouch at 315.228.6943.