This workshop was held live on December 25, with the aim of transforming a day that can sometimes be lonely or restless for Jewish writers into one rich with meaning, self-reflection, and productive thinking and writing. The session is for poets of all traditions who would like to work with Jewish themes. Participants will discuss […]
In this generative workshop we will study and discuss a range of pre-selected passages from classical Jewish texts such as extracts from the Talmud, verses from the Hebrew Bible, and commentaries by medieval and later rabbis. We will then look at how poets have brought language or ideas from some of these texts into their […]
"‘no: tongue breaks’: Poetry of the Fragment” with Dan Rosenberg In this generative workshop, we will explore the power of poems that we receive as fragmentary or broken. The subjects of our discussions will range from the unwitting matriarch of the fragment, Sappho, to the violently lapidary short lyrics of Paul Celan, to the contemporary […]
