By Alan Williamson
Arts & Cultural Critique
Two Poems by Joshua Corey
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“We Admitted Our Lives Had Become Unmanageable” and “Search Terms”
Reviews of Books & Films
Review of Ariel Dorfman’s Book “Darwin’s Ghosts”
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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.