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Nation­al Poet­ry Month

JBC Staff
March 30, 2012

Learn more about Nation­al Poet­ry Month here and check out more Jew­ish-inter­est poets here.


The Book of Seventy


Not God: A Play in Verse


News of the World


When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother


Sec­ond Dias­porist Man­i­festo: A New Kind of Long Poem in 615 Free Verses


Save The Last Dance

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Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIn Angel­la M. Nazarian’s stun­ning new book Life As a Vis­i­tor she blends prose and poet­ry with mem­oir and visu­al arts.…
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