Eshkol Nevo (Writer, Tel Aviv) talks with Rachel Harris (UIUC). from Wikipedia- Eshkol Nevo (Hebrew: ????? ????, born 1971 in Jerusalem), is an Israeli writer who has published a collection of short stories, two novels and a work of non-fiction. One of his novels, Homesick, was awarded the Book Publishers Association Gold Prize (2005) and the FFI-Raymond Wallier Prize at the Salon du Livre (Paris, 2008). In 2008, Eshkol was awarded membership in the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence), one of the country's highest recognitions for excellence in the arts.