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Poet Louise Glück, seen here at the National Book Awards in New York City in 2014, is the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature. (Photo/JTA-Robin Marchant-Getty Images)
Posted inPoetry

WNBA’s Jewish Bird; Gadot as Cleopatra causes a flap; stars get naked for democracy; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Three new books of poetry with Jewish themes.
Posted inBooks

New Jewish poetry books to accompany you through isolation

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 13, 2020
Spoken-word poet Ariel Luckey
Posted inStorytelling

Performance pair remixes Yiddish tales and poems for new audiences

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 28, 2018December 27, 2018
Marmer wearing glasses and smiling
Posted inBooks

Reading by accomplished poet/writer/critic Jake Marmer

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 13, 2018
Vitaly Bantov writes poetry in both Russian and English (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inCulture

New Litquake project puts lives of our elders on paper

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 4, 2018August 30, 2020
Druze poet Salman Masalha
Posted inCulture

Israeli Druze poet will bring his ‘homeland’ to Magnes lecture

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 1, 2018
Susan Duhan Felix with Brandi Brande in the first episode of “Art Beat,” Felix’s new show on Berkeley’s public television channel. (Screenshot/Berkeley Community Media)
Posted inCulture

Berkeley’s arts ambassador tries a new beat: television

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 16, 2018April 18, 2018
Rachel Bluwstein, often simply "Rachel," Israel's national poet
Posted inCulture

Rachel: Israel’s beloved national poet gets her due in local musical

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen August 16, 2017March 23, 2018
Falk sitting on a staircase
Posted inArt, Culture, Poetry

This Berkeley poet is equally at home with her paintbrushes

by Dan Pine June 14, 2017June 15, 2017
gottlieb has tattoos and is dressed all in black as she sniffs a red flower
Posted inArt, Culture, Poetry

‘Have a Poet for Lunch’ during Pride Month

by J. Staff June 8, 2017June 7, 2017

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