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Interview Interview with Judith Frank Elise Cooper recently sat down with Judith Frank to discuss her recently published novel All I Love and Know.Elise Cooper: Were there autobiographical parts… Elise Cooper July 1, 2014
Essay International Transgender Day of Visibility: A Jewish Perspective Today, in honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility, we hear from S. Bear Bergman. Bergman is an author, storyteller, and educator working to create… S. Bear Bergman March 31, 2014
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
Essay Why Did You Marry When You Knew You Were Transsexual? This week, Joy Ladin, the author of Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders blogs for The Postscript on an unanswered question that many… Joy Ladin August 20, 2013
Nonfiction Lawfully Wedded Husband: How My Gay Marriage Will Save the American Family Joel Derfner
Nonfiction Growing Up Golem: How I Survived My Mother, Brooklyn, and Some Really Bad Dates Donna Minkowitz
Nonfiction The Bridge to Hope & Healing: 9 Principles to Guide You in a Moment of Crisis Becky Schwartz Corbett
