Baruch Novem­ber’s new book of poems, The Bro­ken Heart is the Mas­ter Key, fea­tures ​“After Esav,” a poem nom­i­nat­ed for a Push­cart Prize. In 2019, Novem­ber’s pre­vi­ous book of poems, Bar Mitz­vah Dreams, was released, and Stephen Dobyns called the book ​“one of the best he had recent­ly read.” An ear­li­er col­lec­tion of poems by Baruch, Dry Nec­tars of Plen­ty, won BigC­ityL­it’s chap­book con­test. Thomas Lux pro­claimed that the poems inside it were by ​“a poet of tal­ent, urgency, and a large and aching heart.” Novem­ber’s works have been fea­tured in Lumi­na, Pater­son Lit­er­ary Review, Tifer­et Jour­nal, NewMyths​.com, and the For­ward. He serves as a host and orga­niz­er of the Jew­ish Poet­ry Read­ing Series. It has fea­tured such poets as Lin­da Pas­tan, Grace Schul­man, and Ali­cia Ostrik­er. For two decades, Baruch Novem­ber has taught cours­es in Shake­speare, Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture, poet­ry, fic­tion, and writ­ing at Touro Uni­ver­si­ty in Man­hat­tan. He has lived in many cities across the Unit­ed States but cur­rent­ly resides in Wash­ing­ton Heights, New York.