Treasure Trove: Y.L. Gordon, the Hebrew poet who held controversial views on Zionism
Yehudah Leib Gordon (1831-1892) was the most important Hebrew poet of the 19th century and a leading figure in the Russian Haskalah movement (the enlightenment which sought to broaden the intellectual and social horizons of Jews to take their place in Western society). His poem Awake My People called for Russian Jews to be part of […]
How a Bob Dylan song unlocked Honey Novick’s artistic life and inspired a new collection of poetry
Honey Novick was 16 or 17 years old the first time someone asked her how she felt. It turned out that simple question would change her life. “Nobody ever asked me that before. I come from a traditional family where girls had expectations and were expected to fulfill those expectations. And they just didn’t suit […]
Poet lifts the spirits of her pandemic weary followers
Harriet Wolman’s latest writing gig is not the most lucrative she has ever had, but it’s probably the most popular.
POETRY: An Excerpt from ‘Radiant Shards’
Hoda, an obese Jewish girl turned sex worker, services the boys and men of North End Winnipeg during the first half of the 20th century.
Lovely poems that get in your way
Norman Ravvin reviews Adam Zagajewski’s recent book of poetry, Asymmetry: Poems.
Leonard Cohen’s covenanted writing
The words and music of this Montreal troubadour cannot help but strike us as both deeply universal and profoundly Jewish
A forgotten Jewish poet
A look at the life of likely the first Jewish contributor to German literature
Theme of war underlies Yehuda Amichai’s poetry
It is no secret that Amichai was not a proponent of messianic expectations, or of the final efficacy of settling problems with war
Poet Robyn Sarah wins Governor General award
Robyn Sarah of Montreal, a published poet since the early 1970s, has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language poetry, for her collection My Shoes Are Killing Me
