Sandra Reva Goldberg
A Yiddish-inflected expression of pride with rich wisdom and “humor to spare.”
Poetry: History
Tag: jewish feminist poetry
Poetry: Eighteen Ways of Looking at Property
Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor
A sharply composed collage-poem that provokes us to perceive connections, to recognize the reality of multiple convictions in our troubled time, and to ask ourselves: What now? What then?
Poetry: Know Your Place
Baillie Aaron
Impossible requirements for assimilation then turn into rasping hate-speech that evolves into sneer, into threat.
Poetry: Sarah Asleep
Gail Newman
The latest midrash with a woman-centered version of the story of “the binding of Isaac.”
Poetry: Eden Is an Archetype
Diana M. Allen
In Honor of National Poetry Month, Lilith will be sharing original work by Jewish feminist poets throughout the first week in April. We begin in the Garden of Eden…
Rhiannon McGavin on Poems, Dreams, and Tkhines
Alexa Hulse
Los Angeles-based poet Rhiannon McGavin talks to Lilth about her sophomore collection of poetry, Grocery List Poems.