{"product_id":"the-bloomsbury-anthology-of-contemporary-jewish-american-poetry-paperback","title":"The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Ager\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eM. E. Silverman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith works by over 100 poets, \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Anthology of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eContemporary Jewish American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates contemporary writers, born after World War II, who write about Jewish themes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology brings together poets whose writings offer fascinating insight into Jewish cultural and religious topics and Jewish identity. Featuring established poets as well as representatives of the next generation of Jewish voices, it includes poems by Ellen Bass, Charles Bernstein, Carol V. Davis, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, David Lehman, Jacqueline Osherow, Ira Sadoff, Philip Schultz, Alan\u003cbr\u003eShapiro, Jane Shore, Judith Skillman, Melissa Stein, Matthew Zapruder, and many others.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Ager\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the poetry collection Midnight Voices, founder of \u003ci\u003e32 Poems Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eOld Flame: The First 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She's received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and was both a Tennessee Williams Scholar and a Walter E. Dakin fellow at the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Many poems first appearing in \u003ci\u003e32 Poems Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e have been honored in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies and on the \u003ci\u003eVerse Daily\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoetry Daily\u003c\/i\u003e websites. Ager directs the Joaquin Miller Poetry Reading Series in Washington, DC, edits for \u003ci\u003eRedux\u003c\/i\u003e, and is board member of \u003ci\u003e32 Poems Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. E. Silverman\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eBlue Lyra Review\u003c\/i\u003e, moved from New Orleans to Georgia to teach at Gordon State College. His work has appeared in over 65 publications including: \u003ci\u003eCrab Orchard Review, 32 Poems, Chicago Quarterly Review, Hawai'i Pacific Review, StorySouth, Yellow Medicine Review, BatterSea Review, Neon, Many Mountains Moving, The Southern Poetry Anthology, The Los Angeles Review, Mizmor L'David Anthology: The Shoah, Cloudbank, The Broad River Review, Pacific Review, Because I Said So Anthology, Sugar House Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines. M. E. Silverman was a finalist for the 2008 New Letters Poetry Award, the 2008 DeNovo Contest and the 2009 \u003ci\u003eNaugatuck River Review\u003c\/i\u003e Contest. He is a member of the board of \u003ci\u003e32 Poems\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095795699847,"sku":"9781441188793","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bef46c22ba2e9d46654d42780d7836a7.webp?v=1732335060","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-bloomsbury-anthology-of-contemporary-jewish-american-poetry-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}