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Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Marking the second anniversary of Oct. 7 this month offered a chance to reflect on […]

poetry

Modern ‘erasure poetry’ and 1904 Bialik poem are reverberations of Jewish past

Queer poet weaves mysticism and memoir in new book

Post-Oct. 7 anthology edited by ex-Berkeley rabbi testifies to Jewish resilience

‘Flower Child Noir’: Berkeley filmmaker Deborah Kaufman pens a ‘poetry-memoir’

A Black History Month poem: i think a lot about color

Three new poetry books to savor during National Poetry Month

Jewish verses from the pandemic poetry surge

‘Not Dead Yet’: Nonagenarian S.F. icon Herbert Gold talks writing, Israel, mortality

Jack Hirschman, S.F. poet laureate and ‘bad Jew,’ dies at 87