Joy Ladin

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Joy Ladin, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English at Stern College of Yeshiva University, has published numerous poems and essays, and five books of poetry: Coming to Life (named “one of the five most important Jewish poetry books of 2010” by The Forward), Psalms, Transmigration (2009 Lambda Literary Award finalist), The Book of Anna and Alternatives to History. She is also the author of Who Will Be: A Woman Caught in the Act of Becoming, a forthcoming collection of autobiographical essays on gender transition, and a critical study, Soldering the Abyss: Emily Dickinson and Modern American Poetry. Her 2007 return to teaching at Yeshiva University as a woman after years of teaching as a man made Yeshiva the first Orthodox Jewish institution to employ an openly transgender employee – and sparked discussion around the Jewish world. Her work has been supported by a Fulbright Scholarship and a research fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies.

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