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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Meat Heart Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterMelissa Broder’s second book of poems, Meat Heart, will be available on March 6, 2012 Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 20, 2011
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Apples from Shinar Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterWesleyan University Press reissued the classic collection of poetry Apples from Shinar this past April: Naomi Firestone-Teeter November 30, 2011
Nonfiction Traumatic Verses: On Poetry in German from the Concentration Camps, 1933 – 1945 Andres Nader
Essay Leaving Mother Moldova Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. Earlier this week she wrote about she wrote about the origin of Russian for… Marina Blitshteyn April 8, 2011
Essay The Poetry Writing Process Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. In her earlier post, she wrote about the origin of Russian for Lovers. She will… Marina Blitshteyn April 6, 2011
Essay The Origin of Russian for Lovers Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. She will be blogging all week for the Visiting Scribe.It was my first semester in the… Marina Blitshteyn April 4, 2011
Essay Reimagining the Talmud Earlier this week, Aaron Roller, an editor of Mima’amakim, wrote about the Jewish Austin Powers and the Jewish poetry conspiracy.I knew something… Aaron Roller March 4, 2011
Essay Samuel Thrope: International Historian of Mystery On Monday, Aaron Roller, an editor of Mima’amakim, wrote about the Jewish poetry conspiracy.Of all the poets whose work I’ve come across while reviewing… Aaron Roller March 2, 2011
Essay The Jewish Poetry Conspiracy Aaron Roller is an editor of Mimaamakim, a journal of Jewish religious poetry and art. Their new issue was just released. He will be blogging all week… Aaron Roller February 28, 2011
Essay The Stranger’s Notebook On Monday, Michael David Lukas shared a list of his top ten favorite Jews of all time. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Michael David Lukas February 16, 2011
Recommended Reading JBC Bookshelf: Poetry Edition Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPoetry collections from Canada, New Jersey, Russia (via NY), New Hampshire, and the Bay Area…Singing Me Home, Carol Lipszyc… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 3, 2011
Recommended Reading War & Love, Love & War Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPoet Aharon Shabtai’s latest collection, War & Love, Love & War, is now available. Words without Borders recently… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 9, 2010