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Essay Red Love and Betrayed Ideals David Evanier has published seven books and has received the Aga Khan Fiction Prize and the McGinnis-Ritchie Short Fiction Award. He was the founding editor of the… David Evanier November 25, 2013
Essay How to Find an Expert Sorceress, According to the Talmud This week, Maggie Anton — the author of the Rashi’s Daughters series and, most recently, Rav Hisda’s Daugther: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery—blogs for The… Maggie Anton November 19, 2013
Essay Memories of Swimming: From B- to A‑Meets Earlier this week, Ilana Garon wrote about athletic opportunities at her Jewish day school and running the New York City Marathon. She has been blogging here all week… Ilana Garon November 15, 2013
Essay Lesbian-Feminist Midrash II: Stein and Sinclair Lesbian-feminist poet and scholar Julie R. Enszer has been blogging for The ProsenPeople this week on poetry, loss, and the pioneers of American Jewish lesbian… Julie R. Enszer November 15, 2013
Essay The Legacy of Robert Kimmel Smith by Dina Weinstein Forty years ago in books and in groups, women were documenting, prodding, and examining their world, their status, and their lot as they entered the… Dina Weinstein November 14, 2013
Essay The Act of Writing a Poem “Interior monologue of the poet: the notes for the poem are the only poem” —from “Images for Godard” in The Will to Change (1971) by Adrienne Rich The act of… Julie R. Enszer November 14, 2013