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Curlew Quarterly Winter Issue Coming Up in March 2019

I will have two poems in the next issue of Curlew Quarterly Review, Industry City and a vignette from my Dispatch from Buenos Aires series, Sur/South . (Two others, Inundación/Flood and Inseguridad/Insecurity were included in the recent No, Dear Diaspora issue.) In the meantime, check out my fellow poets who were featured in previous Curlew issues ! 

PASSING ON THE LIGHT

Passing on the Light at Stanton Street Shul: I will be co-hosting and performing at t his Auschwitz Liberation Day event , together with singer-songwriter Lori Leifer and poet Iris Tillman, on January 27th, 2019. I will be reading a few poems from my forthcoming collection "Do Not Return" (Broadstone Books 2019), Lori will be sharing Yiddish songs from her amazing repertoire, and Iris will be reading from her chapbook "All this Happened Long Ago, It Happens Now."

Boulevard Saint-Laurent in Tiferet

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I'm very happy and grateful that my poem Boulevard Saint-Laurent is included in the new fall/winter issue of Tiferet Journal.

Poetry Collection Forthcoming in 2019 with Broadstone Books

I am delighted to announce that my debut full-length poetry collection 'Do not Return' will be published with Broadstone Books in 2019.

SUNSET BOULEVARD

Sunset Boulevard was featured on  Brooklyn Poets' The Bridge . 

THE STATE OF THINGS

I'm grateful that my poem The State of Things is in the current print issue of Moment Magazine and featured online.

ESKIMO LIMON_EIS AM STIEL TURNS 40

My first byline in Tablet Magazine .

SHEHECHEYANU AT THE OLD DOLPHINARIUM

Jewish Currents recently relaunched the magazine, and I'm excited to have this poem up online with them.

IN THE ORCHARD

In the Orchard , a poem for Shavuot, is up at Jewschool.

TWO POEMS FOR YOM HASHOAH

Shemot is live today at Jewcy, and Rhineland #1 was published yesterday on ReformJudaism.org

ON THE DAY BEFORE YOUR BIRTHDAY SNOW BEGAN TO FALL

Poem of the Day with Brooklyn Poets' Bridge today.

TWO BROTHERS

My allegorical poem Two Brothers , about the connection between Purim and Pesach, went live today at Jewcy .

SHEMA

Learning the Shema and learning that it was said by many Jews in the camps before they were murdered was one of the most visceral and overwhelming experiences on my 'Jewish journey' - and is the background to this poem that's up today at Reform Judaism.

WHERE THE JEWS ARE

Where the Jews Are was published today on ReformJudaism.org.

Reading at the KGB with At the Inkwell

I'm excited to share that I'll be part of the reading on November 8th hosted by At the Inkwell reading series at the KGB in the East Village. More info here!

THE KABBALIST'S SON

My chapbook is still unpublished, but the title poem went up today at    Jewcy .

TWO POEMS IN RASCAL, A NEW MAGAZINE

I am very honored to be included in the launch issue of Rascal , an ecological online magazine publishing poems, visual artworks, and essays. My two poems Return and Le Bonheur are here . 

NEWS

I'm grateful to be included in Erika Dreifus' weekly pre-Shabbat Jewish Literary Links list , with my poem Ninth of Av that was published earlier this week by Moment Magazine . Erika just had a feature about Anita Diamant published with JTA - check it out, it's an amazing read, and check out Erika's website , she's a prolific and wonderful poet, writer, and journalist:

NINTH OF AV

My Tisha B'Av poem is up today at Moment Magazine .

SWEET ACTION POETRY COLLECTIVE

Please check out the amazing work of my fellow members of the Sweet Action Poetry Collective ! We'll be reading at the New York Poetry Festival on July 30th, at 1pm.