The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry - by Deborah Ager & M E Silverman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry collects 212 poems by 110 poets to celebrate contemporary writers, born after World War II, who write about Jewish themes. In bringing together poets whose writings explore cultural Jewish topics with those who directly address Jewish religious themes as well as those who only indirectly touch on their Jewishness, this anthology offers a fascinating insight into what it is to be a Jewish poet. Established poets are included, such as David Lehman, as well as representatives of the next generation of Jewish voices, such as Melissa Stein"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>With works by over 100 poets, <i>The Bloomsbury Anthology of</i> <i>Contemporary Jewish American Poetry</i> celebrates contemporary writers, born after World War II, who write about Jewish themes.<br/><br/>This anthology brings together poets whose writings offer fascinating insight into Jewish cultural and religious topics and Jewish identity. Featuring established poets as well as representatives of the next generation of Jewish voices, it includes poems by Ellen Bass, Charles Bernstein, Carol V. Davis, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, David Lehman, Jacqueline Osherow, Ira Sadoff, Philip Schultz, Alan<br/>Shapiro, Jane Shore, Judith Skillman, Melissa Stein, Matthew Zapruder, and many others.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>If you like poetry with deep spiritual themes, if you like poetry that will make you both laugh and cry in the same breath then this new volume of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry is for you. All three hundred poems worth! Do yourself a favor, take this book, a cup of coffee or tea, and read a few of these poems, they'll change your life!<br/>Walking With God<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Deborah Ager</b> is the author of the poetry collection Midnight Voices, founder of <i>32 Poems Magazine</i>, and co-editor of <i>Old Flame: The First 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine</i>. She's received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and was both a Tennessee Williams Scholar and a Walter E. Dakin fellow at the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Many poems first appearing in <i>32 Poems Magazine</i> have been honored in the <i>Best American Poetry</i> and <i>Best New Poets</i> anthologies and on the <i>Verse Daily</i> and <i>Poetry Daily</i> websites. Ager directs the Joaquin Miller Poetry Reading Series in Washington, DC, edits for <i>Redux</i>, and is board member of <i>32 Poems Magazine</i>. <p/><b>M. E. Silverman</b>, editor of <i>Blue Lyra Review</i>, moved from New Orleans to Georgia to teach at Gordon State College. His work has appeared in over 65 publications including: <i>Crab Orchard Review, 32 Poems, Chicago Quarterly Review, Hawai'i Pacific Review, StorySouth, Yellow Medicine Review, BatterSea Review, Neon, Many Mountains Moving, The Southern Poetry Anthology, The Los Angeles Review, Mizmor L'David Anthology: The Shoah, Cloudbank, The Broad River Review, Pacific Review, Because I Said So Anthology, Sugar House Review</i>, and other magazines. M. E. Silverman was a finalist for the 2008 New Letters Poetry Award, the 2008 DeNovo Contest and the 2009 <i>Naugatuck River Review</i> Contest. He is a member of the board of <i>32 Poems</i>.</p>
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