Category Archives: News!

Because the Poets are Healers

                    This is just a piece of what’s going on in the world. 276 Nigerian girls kidnapped, three Israeli boys kidnapped and murdered, a Palestinian boy kidnapped and murdered, burned alive. I live in Jerusalem, so the latter is more poignant; there has been rioting, violence,Continue reading “Because the Poets are Healers”

LET’S GET LIT: Babbling towards Baghdad (My First Radio Interview!)

  I know, I know, I haven’t been around. But I’ve been studying poetry, falling in love lyric essay, being awaken at night by the muse. But now that the semester– and my first year of studying poetry– is over I’m getting busy again. Before I could fully get my foot out the door ofContinue reading “LET’S GET LIT: Babbling towards Baghdad (My First Radio Interview!)”

2013 in review- Now It’s Time to Get Busy

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 30 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see theContinue reading “2013 in review- Now It’s Time to Get Busy”

Update: New Pages, such as Poetry Reading Videos

I don’t know if any of you have noticed but I’ve been updating pages on my site with photos and videos of poetry readings and performances…drop menus! (It was exciting for me because it took me forever to figure out how to do it. You can remain unimpressed. I’ll understand.) Just to give you aContinue reading “Update: New Pages, such as Poetry Reading Videos”

Going Out into “Space”

Space or מרחב/Merhav in Hebrew, is a multilingual poetry journal based in Tel Aviv that I felt I had to get in touch with the moment I discovered them. I wrote one of the editors, “I’m a multilingual poetry club. You’re a multilingual poetry journal. Let’s get married!” While we haven’t ‘gotten married’ yet, I had theContinue reading “Going Out into “Space””

Pico Iyer Asks: “Where is Home?” I Say: “Home is Babel”

Pico Iyer asks: “Where is home?” I say: “Home is Babel.” In this amazing TED talk (I know, I know, ALL TED Talks are amazing, but this one is special!) Pico Iyer just articulated everything I already knew but am just beginning to coherently express about myself. I am debating whether or not to tellContinue reading “Pico Iyer Asks: “Where is Home?” I Say: “Home is Babel””

Poets of Babel #14 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

I’ve got almost a month of events to catch you up on! But we’ll do this in chronological order. If you haven’t seen it on Poets of Babel’s Facebook page, here are the videos from the poetry readings June 24th, 2013 (Late, I know! But when you see the rest of what I’ve been doing,Continue reading “Poets of Babel #14 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque”

Young Writers’ Evening at Tmol Shilshom

Since my first poetry slam, I’ve been getting busy with poetry, doing more readings this year than ever before, EVER. This event is from June 3, 2013 at Tmol Shilshom, a bookstore cafe restaurant in Jerusalem, made famous for being a place where “Israel’s best known writers read from their works.” These days, it isContinue reading “Young Writers’ Evening at Tmol Shilshom”

Cameo! Studio 6 End of the Year Recap Video

Just for fun! Here is a recap of the end of the year performance that I participated in with Studio 6 at the Gerard Behar Theater in Jerusalem (I danced Flamenco, Belly dancing, & Salsa). I’ve got a cameo from the Salsa performance in the video. Can you find me? 😉   …more news comingContinue reading “Cameo! Studio 6 End of the Year Recap Video”