Events
Yetzirah Conference for Jewish Poetry: view a media archive of public events from the 2023 conference, which was held June 21-23 at UNC-Asheville. I spoke on the Writing Contemporary Midrash panel with Dan Bellm, Sally Rosen Kindred, Sharon Dolin, Heather Altfeld, and Nomi Stone, and gave a reading with Rodger Kamenetz, Aviya Kushner, Sam Taylor, and Joanna Fuhrman.
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Worry
The erudite and entertaining Substack Foul Copy gave a shoutout to my poem “Worry” (from Thousand-Year-Old Words) in the post “Warts and Beads: On Worry”. It’s a fascinating post, looping through the history and perambulations of the word with the … Continue reading
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“From the Lost Notebook” poems in Bennington Review
In the beautiful Issue 13 of Bennington Review, titled “Family Gathering,” I have three “From the Lost Notebook” poems (#2, 10, and 20). As of this posting, “From the Lost Notebook 20” is available online, and you can order the … Continue reading
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“Love and the Moon” on The Slowdown (Episode #1059)
My poem “Love and the Moon” was featured on the February 8, 2024, episode of the American Public Media podcast The Slowdown, with a touching introduction by host Major Jackson. You can listen or read the transcript here.
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Review of Gerald Stern’s I.
A review for Jewish Book Council of Stern’s long poetic sequence, a “continuation” of the Book of Isaiah.
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Review of Between Paradise and Earth: Eve Poems
I reviewed a new anthology, Between Paradise and Earth: Eve Poems, edited by Nomi Stone and Luke Hankins (Orison Books), for Jewish Book Council. Read it here.
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On Lea Feinstein’s PAGES, in The Curator
Really delighted to have another art piece in The Curator: “Lea Feinstein’s PAGES,” about the extraordinary text-based works Lea Feinstein has been making. It was a great joy to go to her studio one afternoon this past February to watch … Continue reading
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“From the Lost Notebook: 11 & 13” in Tupelo Quarterly
In issue #27 of Tupelo Quarterly, two more “From the Lost Notebook” poems: “From the Lost Notebook 11 (Central Old French” and “From the Lost Notebook 13 (seeing at nanoscale).” This striking cover image of a raven perched at the … Continue reading
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Thousand-Year-Old-Words
My chapbook Thousand-Year-Old Words is out now from Glass Lyre Press. You can order it from their website, from Bookshop.org, or obtain a signed copy by sending me a message using the Contact link above.
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“To Feel Something That Was Not Of Our World” in The Curator
An essay about Nina Katchadourian’s extraordinary exhibition To Feel Something That Was Not Of Our World.
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“The Partitive Case” in DMQ Review
This amazing image by Margeaux Walter accompanies “The Partitive Case” in the prose poem issue of DMQ Review.
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