Reading: Elizabeth Powell, Carol Moldaw, Chanda Feldman

Elizabeth A.I. Powell is the author of three books of poems, most recently “Atomizer” (LSU Press). Her second book of poems, Willy Loman’s Reckless Daughter: Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances was a “Books We Love 2016” by The New Yorker.  Her first book The Republic of Self won the New Issues First Book Prize, chosen by C.K. Williams. Her novel, Concerning the Holy Ghost’s Interpretation of JCrew Catalogues was published in 2019 in the U.K.  Recent poems appear in The New Republic, American Poetry Review, Women’s Review of Books, Seneca Review among others. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Vermont State University and serves on the faculty of the MFA in Writing at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Visit Elizabeth’s profile in Yetzirah’s Discover Jewish Poets database.

Carol Moldaw (www.carolmoldaw.com) is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Go Figure (Four Way Books, September 2024), and the novella, The Widening. Her work has been published widely in journals, including APR, Harvard Review, The New York Review of Books, Subtropics, The Yale Review, and Plume. The recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, and a Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship, she lives in Santa Fe, NM, and teaches privately. Visit Carol’s profile in Yetzirah’s Discover Jewish Poets database.

Chanda Feldman is the author of Glance and Approaching the Fields (LSU Press).  Her poems have appeared in journals including AGNI, Poetry, and the Southern Review, and in anthologies including Best American Poetry. She has received the National Endowment of the Arts Literature Fellowship and the Stegner Fellowship in Poetry at Stanford University.  Chanda is an associate professor of Creative Writing at Oberlin College. Visit Chanda’s profile in Yetzirah’s Discover Jewish Poets database.