Rachel Eshed (Israel)
Little Promises

Poetry. Bilingual edition (Hebrew/English) transl. David Cooper
Paper, perfect bound, 104 pp
$16.00 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-42-4

In its Hebrew original, this collection of intense erotic poetry won the 1992 AKUM prize in Israel. Novelist Tsipi Keller says, "It is hard to speak of Rachel Eshed’s poetry without mentioning 'fire' – her poems virtually burn on the page, and David Cooper’s renditions not only do justice to the original but magnify its richness."

Joy Gaines-Friedler (Michigan)
Like Vapor

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 64 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-652

In these poems we are assured of humanity, our existence and our eventual extinction, with a grace and comfort that uplifts our spirits and encourages our own consideration of life.

Marilyn Jurich (Massachusetts)
Defying the Eye Chart

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 120 pp.
$15.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-577

Defying the Eye Chart reaches beyond time to bring the mythic into our contemporary world. The poems in this collection focus on different ways of seeing, or not seeing, the fantastic in reality.

Joel Thomas Katz (California)
Away

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 42 pp.
$12.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-638

Rabbi Manes Kogan (New York)
Fables from the Jewish Tradition

Jewish Fables. Paper, illustrated, perfect bound, 104 pp.
$19.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-669

Fables from the Jewish Tradition, compiled by Rabbi Manes Kogan, is a graceful English presentation of Jewish fables and their cultural and religious context. Luminous color illustrations by Marcelo Ferder, Kogan’s extensive notes, and his enlightening short essay about fables and the Jewish textual tradition are highlights of the collection.

Eleanor Lerman (Long Beach, NY)
The Blonde on the Train

Short Fiction. Paper, perfect bound, 164 pp.
$16.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-737

From Greenwich Village in the ‘60s to Woodstock, NY, to an airport in the Midwest, Eleanor Lerman's stunning short stories explore the disenchantment of this world, with love and hope and humor.

Larry Levy (Midland, MI)
I Would Stay Forever If I Could and New Poems

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 60 pp.
$12.95 plus s&h
2007, ISBN 0-932412-45-9

This collection of poems is informed by history and place, by Jewish immigrant parents, by love, loss and baseball - all by a practitioner of rhyme so skillful you hardly notice its presence until it rings again in memory.

Sophia Rivkin (Michigan)
Naked Woman Listening at Keyhole

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 44 pp.
$13.95 plus s&h
2011, ISBN 978-1936419-043

Sophia Rivkin's poetry simmers with visceral energy and surreal leaps. It is made of the dark soup of her Russian heritage, the light broth of her word play, and the sustaining whimsy of her artist's eye.

Sophia Rivkin (Michigan)
The Valise

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 38 pp.
$12.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-720

Rivkin’s keen and unblinking eye, great verbal energy, and wry wisdom confront her subjects with continuous, genuine surprise.

Howard Schwartz (St. Louis, MO)
Breathing in the Dark

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 92 pp.
$15.95 plus s&h
2011, ISBN 978-1936419-005

Howard Schwartz is a contemporary master of the parable, the short lyric and the tale. In Breathing in the Dark, he has multiplied his dreams, his myths, and his stories into poems that grow quietly and firmly from the secret root stock of his imagination. That side of Judaism and that side of poetry which is dream-like, mythical, and memory-ridden is Schwartz's domain. Breathing in the Dark is a book of human tenderness, gentle humor, and more than a dash of mysticism. To read these poems is to enter a state of meditation in which the two worlds of ordinary life and that of spirit are combined.

Also available in laminated hardcover for $24.95 plus s&h

Myra Sklarew (Washington, D.C.)
Harmless

Publication date: May 15, 2010.

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 92 pp
$15.95 plus s&h
2010, ISBN 978-0932412-898

Sklarew’s tenth collection of poetry distills the experience of a life spent in the pursuit of truth. Trained as a biologist, Sklarew draws upon the discourses of science and the arts in equal measure; also versed in history, she is haunted by the cruelties of the 20th century, even as she affirms the present moment and holds out the promise of renewal. This moving book has something important to say, and it says it in beautiful language marked by extraordinary musicality.

Evelyn Wexler (New York)
Occupied Territory

Paper, perfect bound, 80 pp 
$10 plus s&h
1994, ISBN 0-932412-06-8

“These intense, visceral poems cover the territory occupied by fear, pain, memory, loss and desire. The ultimate paradigm is that of the self--dual embodiment of victim and aggressor. Wexler's clear, steady voice convinces us that everything is both personal and political." -- Jane Flanders