Concerto for Two Men, by Ella Ben-Aharon

Israel and Palestine: Whose Side Are You On?

Being a Woman Is Not a Punishment: What’s at Stake for Men in the Policing of Women’s Bodies

A Gratitude in Me That I Did Not Fully Appreciate at the Time

Three Poems of Mine That Should Never Have Become As Relevant As They Are Now

Deciding Whether Something Should Be a Poem or an Essay

An Essay That Took Me More Than Thirty Years to Write Has Been Published!

A Provocation: Christianness (Not Christianity) Is to Jews and the People of Other Non-Christian Religions As Whiteness Is to People of Color

From “The Necessity to Speak,” by Sam Hamill

Reading Mark Nowak’s “Social Poetics:” Thinking About the First Tuesdays Cento and A ‘Flipped Script’ Poetry Reading

My Year Long Writing Project

What Writers Have Influenced Your Work?

What I’ve Been Thinking About Ukraine

When Did You Start Writing?

My Pandemic Reading List

Thirteen Thoughts About Palestine, Israel, and Antisemitism

Craft Talk 3: Quincy Troupe’s Rhythm

The Music I’d Like to Put Back Into My Life

The Way Academia Is Supposed to Work

Publication News: Three New Poems in Two Lovely Publications

Medical Culture and Its Effects on Doctors and Patients

Antisemitism Has Always Been a Part of My Life - 1

My Response to the Erasure of Antisemitism in Namrata Poddar’s Article in the Recent Issue of Poets & Writers

Lines That Didn’t Make the Cut: Sometimes It’s Just a Big Mess

From “The Lines That Antisemitism and Racism Draw”

Reading “The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam,” by Fatima Mernissi

Commonplace Question #2: Are the Poems Part of a Conversation?

From “Pluralism and Its Discontents: The Case of Blacks and Jews,” by Cheryl Greenberg

From Male Lust

Lines That Didn’t Make the Cut: Ruth’s Story

Commonplace Question #1: How Did You Become a Poet?