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Virtual Poetry Reading: 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium

“Traditional and radical, secular and holy, the poems in 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium come to us just as we need them. The poets here celebrate a culture and caution against hatred, all the while making incredible art. Silverman and Carlson have gathered a stellar and diverse group of poets and poetic visions.”–Denise Duhamel, author

With editors Nancy Naomi Carlson, a poet, translator, essayist, editor, & Matthew E. Silverman who teaches at Gordon State College and is editor of Blue Lyra Press. Plus Contributors:  

Aliki Barnstone is the author of eight books of poetry, the most recent of which is Dwelling and the translator of The Collected Poems of C.P. Cavafy. Her awards include a Fulbright Fellowship in Greece and she served as poet laureate of Missouri .

 

 

 

 

Dan Bellm (Berkeley, California) has published four books of poems, most recently Deep Well (Lavender Ink, 2017). He teaches literary translation and poetry at Antioch University Los Angeles. Visit www.danbellm.com.

 

 

 

Nancy Naomi Carlson, poet and translator, has authored eleven titles (seven translated). An Infusion of Violets (Seagull, 2019) was named “New & Noteworthy” by The New York Times.

 

 

 

 

Erika Dreifus is the author of Birthright: Poems and Quiet Americans: Stories. An adjunct associate professor at Baruch College and a fellow in the Sami Rohr Jewish Literary Institute, she lives in New York. Visit her online at ErikaDreifus.com.

 

 

 

Joy Gaines-Friedler is the author of three books of poetry including Capture Theory (Finalist for the Eric Hopper Book Award). Joy teaches Creative Writing for non-profits in the Detroit area.

 

 

 

 

Diane Frank is author of poetry, fiction, and a photo memoir of her 400 mile trek in the Himalayas. While Listening to the Enigma Variations: New and Selected Poems, is forthcoming from Glass Lyre Press.

 

 

 

 

Janlori Goldman’s book, “Bread from a Stranger’s Oven,” was chosen by Laure-Anne Bosselaar for the 2016 White Pine Press Poetry Prize. Her chapbook, “My Antarctica,” is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey Levine’s most recent book is At the Kinnegad Home for the Bewildered. He is the Founder, Artistic Director and Publisher of Tupelo Press.

 

 

 

 

 

Olga Livshin is a poet, essayist, and translator with publications in the Kenyon Review, Poetry International, and other journals. Her book A Life Replaced: Poems with Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman came out in 2019. She lives outside Philadelphia.

 

 

 

Alicia Ostriker has published nineteen collections of poetry, most recently The Volcano and After: Selected and New Poems, 2002-2019. She received the National Jewish Book Award in 2010 and again in 2017.

 

 

 

 

E. Silverman is the author of The Floating Door (Glass Lyre Press) and The Breath before Birds Fly (ELJ Press) and edited 3 anthologies, including 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium with Nancy Naomi Carlson.

 

 

 

 

Melanie H.D. Sirof is a proud Bread Loaf alum and a recipient of the Academy of American Poets University Prize. Her work appears on Poets.org, and in Iron Horse Literary Review

 

 

 

 

Amy Small-McKinney is the author of two full-length books of poetry and two chapbooks. This year, she was nominated by a member of The Pushcart Prize Board of Contributing Editors. Visit. www.amysmallmckinney.com