Poetry. Paper, Perfect Bound. 72pp $14.95 plus S&H 2012, ISBN 978-1-936419-14-2 Edythe Haendel Schwartz is the author of “Exposure,” Finishing Line Press, 2007, a nominee for the California Book Award. Her poem “A Natural Phenomenon,” won first prize in the 2012 Friends of Acadia Poetry competition, and her poem “Resist” was a winner in Persimmon…
Memoir. Paper, Perfect Bound. 104pp. $15.95 plus S&H 2012, ISBN 978-1-936419-10-4 The Russian Writer’s Daughter by Lydia S. Rosner is a collection of lively autobiographical stories about growing up in a Russian-American Jewish household in the stifling political atmosphere of the Red Scare. At the center of these memories is Lyduce’s father, whose complex personality…
Illustrations by Erica Kriss Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 92 pp. $15.95 plus s&h 2011, ISBN 978-1936419-005 Also available in laminated hardcover. $24.95 plus s&h. 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…
Paper, perfect bound, 92 pp $15.95 plus s&h 2010, ISBN 978-0932412-898 Harmless, Myra 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, Sklarew is haunted by…
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. My Mother’s Lace Curtains by Sophia Rivkin My Mother grew with a pitchfork in her heart— something planted by the Russian peasants. Surrounded by enemies,…
Illustrated by Marcelo Ferder Jewish Fables. Paper, illustrated, perfect bound, 104 pp. $19.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-669 Buy the Fables and the Teacher’s Manual together and save! Get both books for $29.95. Fables from the Jewish Tradition reviewed on Examiner.com Fables from the Jewish Tradition Compiled and edited, with commentary, by Rabbi Manes Kogan…
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 42 pp. $12.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-638 In these snappy and unique poems, Katz views the world from some slanted perspective most of us aren’t careful enough to see. Katz imagines Emily Dickinson rolling dice in an Indian casino and a man in a car pondering the possibility of honking…
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. Honorary Mention, New England Poetry Club, Sheila Motton Book Award,…
Poetry. Paper, Perfect Bound. 64pp. $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. Distracted Angels by Joy Gaines-Friedler An angel assigned to me is day-dreaming. She files…
Paper, saddlestitched, 60 pp $12.95 plus s&h 2007, ISBN 0-932412-45–9 This expanded edition replaces the original chapbook, which is out of print. Little League by Larry Levy The fathers always called us “men,” and drilled by growling “hey” and “hup” and, for any hurt, shrugged “rub it up.” After pre-game prayer, I prayed again for…
