Deena Metzger reviews the novel "Darwin's Ghosts" by Ariel Dorfman, not quite a coming of age story or hero's journey, but a journey where a young boy must learn who he is outside of the superficial life to which he presumed he was entitled
Arts & Cultural Critique
Solitude, Intersectionality, Eco-Judaism, and Community in the writing of Kathleen Alcalá
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The mystic of islands by Stephanie Barbé Hammer.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Two New Poems by Rodger Kamenetz
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"The Puppet Rabbi of Prague" and "The Pages and Pages."
Arts & Cultural Critique
Three Poems by Lesléa Newman
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“When My Father Wakes Up,” “Yes We Have No,” and “My Mother Is At The Bridge."
Arts & Cultural Critique
Asylum: A Personal, Historical, Natural Inquiry in 103 Lyric Sections
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Julie R. Enszer reviews "Asylum: A Personal, Historical, Natural Inquiry in 103 Lyric Sections" by Jill Bialosky.
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The Story of My Socks
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"I hated him then. I hated him with hot rage and cold bitterness. I hated him for being mean to Mom. I hated him for making me share a room with my brother, and for how helpless he was in the face of Mom’s illness. I hated him for not understanding me." A short story by Jennifer Anne Moses.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Foreword to “101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium”
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As a poet, creative writing instructor, and Chassidic Jew, I am fascinated by the surprising ways contemporary poetry and Judaism overlap. It was, therefore, a great honor and challenge to write the following essay, which serves as the “Foreword” to 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium (Ashland Poetry Press, 2021), an anthology of poems on the Jewish experience by a diverse group of today’s established and emerging poets.
Arts & Cultural Critique
An Artist for the Ages: John Outterbridge (1933-2020)
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John Outterbridge, a truly great artist, died on December 23. He was my friend for many decades and a friend and mentor to the entire community of Black artists in Los Angeles and to artists throughout the county and even the world.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Becoming Each Other: Why We Need Riva Lehrer’s “Golem Girl” Right Now
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Phillip Barcio reviews Riva Lehrer's new memoir "Golem Girl."
Arts & Cultural Critique
Jacob
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You emerge changed from the battle, but beware believing that changed means improved.
Ecological Transformation
Harmonic Convergence
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Sandra Bass reviews Michael Nagler’s "The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the Story of Human Nature."