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Julie R. Enszer 

Julie R. Ensz­er is the author of four poet­ry col­lec­tions, includ­ing Avowed, and the edi­tor of Out­Write: The Speech­es that Shaped LGBTQ Lit­er­ary Cul­ture, Fire-Rimmed Eden: Select­ed Poems by Lynn Loni­di­er, The Com­plete Works of Pat Park­er, and Sis­ter Love: The Let­ters of Audre Lorde and Pat Park­er 1974 – 1989. Ensz­er edits and pub­lish­es Sin­is­ter Wis­dom, a mul­ti­cul­tur­al les­bian lit­er­ary and art jour­nal. You can read more of her work at www​.JulieREn​sz​er​.com.

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Interview

Poet­ry, Exper­i­ments with Yid­dish, Grief, and New Facts: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ire­na Klepfisz

Julie R. Enszer 
January 2, 2023
Essay

Les­bian-Fem­i­nist Midrash II: Stein and Sinclair

Les­bian-fem­i­nist poet and schol­ar Julie R. Ensz­er has been blog­ging for The Pros­en­Peo­ple this week on poet­ry, loss, and the pio­neers of Amer­i­can Jew­ish les­bian…
Julie R. Enszer 
November 15, 2013
Essay

The Act of Writ­ing a Poem

“Inte­ri­or mono­logue of the poet: the notes for the poem are the only poem” —from ​“Images for Godard” in The Will to Change (1971) by Adri­enne Rich The act of…
Julie R. Enszer 
November 14, 2013
Essay

Les­bian-Fem­i­nist Midrash: Nice Jew­ish Girls

Les­bian-fem­i­nist poet and schol­ar Julie R. Ensz­er blogs this week for The Pros­en­Peo­ple on the sem­i­nal Jew­ish les­bian voic­es of the pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tion and the…
Julie R. Enszer 
November 13, 2013

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