Norman Ravvin's books include Cafe des Westens; Sex, Skyscrapers, and Standard Yiddish; and A House of Words: Jewish Writing, Identity, and Memory. He also edited Great Stories of the Sea and co-edited The Canadin Jewish Studies Reader with Richard Mennkis. He has taught literature and creative writing at the universities of Toronto and New Brunswick. Presently, he is Chair of Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia University in Montreal.
