“Exiles on Main Street traces an arc of return to Jewish identification by exploring the ways in which exposure to American literary culture led American Jewish writers to a new understanding of themselves as Jews.”

“Levinson's well-researched book makes a significant contribution to studies of Jewish American Literature and Jewish Cultural continuity.2007”
 — S.L. Kremer, Choice Reviews Online

“. . . a standout work in the field of American Jewish Literature . . . Levinson is well-attuned to the critical trends and thinking that are prevalent in the world of literary scholarship and applies them to the book's selected authors and texts in a way that is fresh and thoughtful. . . December 12, 2008”
 — Shana Rosenblatt Mauer, Jerusalem Post

“. . . Exiles on Main Street is an original contribution to the continuing story of the creative encounter between Jewish writers and America.Summer 2009”
 — Jewish Book World

“An entirely original and absorbing piece of scholarship and historical reconstruction [that] engages the Jewish—American literary canon and redefines it. . . . An excellent, pioneering book.”
 — Mark Shechner, author of After the Revolution