Reading: Josh Gottlieb-Miller, Diane Mehta, Hadara Bar Nadav

Joshua Gottlieb-Miller is the author of two books of poetry: Dybbuk Americana (Wesleyan University Press) and The Art of Bagging (Conduit Books & Ephemera). He has been awarded support from Yetzirah, University of Houston, the Yiddish Book Center, and elsewhere. He teaches at San Jacinto College, and lives in Houston with his wife and son. You can find more of his work at joshuagottliebmiller.com. Visit Joshua’s profile in Yetzirah’s Discover Jewish Poets database.

Diane Mehta was born in Frankfurt, grew up in Bombay and New Jersey, and now makes her home in New York City. She is the author of two collections of poetry: Tiny Extravaganzas (Arrowsmith, 2023) and Forest with Castanets (Four Way, 2019). Her essay collection Happier Far comes out in 2025. She is writing a poetry cycle connected to The Divine Comedy and collaborating with musicians to invent a new way of working through sound together. Visit Diane’s profile in Yetzirah’s Discover Jewish Poets database.

Hadara Bar-Nadav is an NEA fellow and award-winning author of several books of poetry, among them The Animal Is Chemical, The New Nudity, Lullaby (with Exit Sign), The Frame Called Ruin, and others. She is also co-author with Michelle Boisseau of the best-selling textbook Writing Poems, 8th ed. Hadara is a Professor of English and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Visit Hadara’s profile in Yetzirah’s Discover Jewish Poets database.