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.
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!
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 .
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:
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.