![]() In a biography of Potok on the Web site, Potok is quoted from “The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature” as saying that his writing was driven by “an attempt to take what is essentially abstract thought and translate it in terms of action, flesh and blood.” Potok, who served as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1980s and 1990s, also taught briefly at Bryn Mawr College and Johns Hopkins University. Throughout his life he was able to intertwine the two careers as well as enjoy his other passions – painting and teaching. ![]() Most of the books feature the Jewish religion as their theme but that should come as no surprise since Potok, who died in 2002, was also a rabbi. ![]() ![]() The act of writing is “to create worlds out of words on paper,” explained the Merion author Chaim Potok, who wrote more than 18 books. ![]()
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