Yale Strom
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Yale Strom is a violinist, composer, film maker, writer, photographer, and playwright—as well as a leading ethnographer-artist of klezmer music. In addition to composing, studying, and playing klezmer music, he writes Jewish stories with klezmer themes. He is an artist-in-residence in the Jewish Studies Program at San Diego State University. He lives in San Diego.
Interview
What was your favorite book when you were a child?
“The Adventures of Tpby Tyler and “The Adventures of the Mushroom Planet”.
What’s your favorite line from a book?
“And to think I saw it on Mulberrt Street.”
Who are your top three favorite authors or illustrators?
I.B. Singer and I.L. Peretz.
Why did you want to become an author or illustrator?
I like transporting people into a different time and place. This experience can be something that I have actually lived through or something I have lived through in my imagination, in my screening room in my brain. I think I have something to say that can move people and perhaps make a difference.
Do you have any advice for future authors or illustrators?
Travel and read about different folk cultures throughout the world.