Reading: Sharon Dolin, Lynn Melnick, Ira Sadoff

Sharon Dolin is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Imperfect Present (University of Pittsburgh Press,2022); a prose memoir entitled Hitchcock Blonde; and two books of translation, most recently Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems by Gemma Gorga (Saturnalia Books, 2021). The recipient of an NEA Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship, Pushcart Prize, and Witter Bynner Fellowship, Dolin is Associate Editor of Barrow Street Press and teaches poetry in New York City. https://sharondolin.com Visit Sharon’s profile in Yetzirah’s Discover Jewish Poets database.

Lynn Melnick is the author of three poetry collections, including, most recently Refusenik, winner of the Julie Suk award, and a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. She is also the author of the memoir, I’ve Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton. She teaches at Princeton University and Columbia University, and lives in Brooklyn with her family. You can find her at: https://www.lynnmelnick.com. Visit Lynn’s profile in Yetzirah’s Discover Jewish Poets database.

Ira Sadoff has published eight collections of poems—most recently Country, Living (Alice James) and True Faith (BOA Editions)—a novel, The Ira Sadoff Reader, and criticism, History Matters. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA, co-founded The Seneca Review and served as poetry editor of The Antioch Review. He has taught at Colby College, and graduate writing programs at Iowa, University of Virginia, Warren Wilson College and Drew University.