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9 AV

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Two years ago, Moment Magazine published my poem 9 Av . It has been an intense Three Weeks this year.

SPD RECOMMENDS!

"Do Not Return" made    this week's SPD recommended list! This may be a (very) small step for humankind, but a huge step for the little book!! I'm certainly over the moon :)

REVIEW OF "DO NOT RETURN"

Aron Hirt-Manheimer wrote a beautiful and thoughtful review of my debut collection that is live on reformjudaism.org

POETRY COLLECTION DO NOT RETURN WILL BE RELEASED JULY 1

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My poetry collection will be released on July 1 and is now available for pre-order with Broadstone Books. 

NIGHT OF JOY

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My poem "Night of Joy" was a finalist in the Brooklyn Poets Walt Whitman Bicentennial contest and is now in Fell Swoop #160. Click Read More or the three dots to see the full poem! The epigraph says: I can't describe the pleasure meeting you last night. I'm enjoying the lack of description. 

THOUGHTS WHILE CONTEMPLATING TREES IN GREEN-WOOD

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Thoughts While Contemplating Trees in Green-Wood was among the poems published in Fell Swoop. They changed the format of the poem, so this is a shot from my publisher's PDF of my manuscript for Do Not Return that will go to the printer soon. 

FINALIST IN BROOKLYN POETS' WHITMAN BICENTENNIAL CONTEST

I'm excited to be a finalist in the Brooklyn Poets Whitman Bicentennial Contest, judged by Mark Doty, Tina Chang, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. The celebration on May 31 will feature readings from the winners (including my friend and Sweet Action member Marietta Brill) and the judges. More on the winners and celebration on May 31 here. 

SAVE THE DATES

I have two readings coming up in May: May 4th for the launch of Curlew Quarterly Winter Issue 2018/19 May 14th with LiveMag at the KGB

LE BONHEUR

I just learned that Agnès Varda died today. The last time I saw one of her movies was at the Museum of the Moving Image, on an unhappy date. But the movie was exquisite. The poem I wrote in the aftermath was published at Rascal  - it is the second poem scrolling down . 

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.