Carol Rose Little and Charlotte Friedman, translators of From Lightning’s Strike by Juana Karen Peñate, will be taking the poetry on the road this month. At each event, the translators will read from the book and also discuss the translators’ art, the Mayan Ch’ol language, and take audience questions. Copies of the book will be…
Zilka Joseph, author of Mayapple Press books "Sweet Malida," "In Our Beautiful Bones" and "Lands I Live In will appear at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation on Sunday May 5th at 3pm. Zilka will read from Sweet Malida and discuss her home community in Kolkata and its traditions. Books will be available for purchase. Indian refreshments will be served. The author will sign books is requested.…
Zilka Joseph, author of “Sweet Malida: Memories of a Bene Israel Woman,” was featured on the Wednesday February 7th, 2024 episode of “Stateside” on Michigan Public Radio You can listen to an edit of Zilka’s segment here (.mp3 – 18 minutes) Or use the player embedded below You can get your own copy of…
On April 21, 20023 the Booksweet bookshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan will host three Mayapple Press authors. Terry Blackhawk, Ellen Stone, and Gloria Nixon-John will all read from their recent works, including those published by Mayapple. Books will be for sale and the authors will be happy to sign and dedicate books if requested. Starting…
The Power of Poetry: an interview with Zilka Joseph – Culturico’s Podcast Culturico‘s poetry and literature editor Gerfried Ambrosch sat down with award-winning poet Zilka Joseph to discuss her latest book, a collection of poems entitled In Our Beautiful Bones, as well as her journey both as a writer and as an immigrant to the…
From DesiBooks’ Podcast: “#FiveDesiFaves: Zilka Joseph, author of “In Our Beautiful Bones”, shares her favorite books of poetry and hybrid essays” https://desibooks.co/fivedesifaves-zilka-joseph/ From the introduction to the podcast: Today, in the #FiveDesiFaves segment, we have Zilka Joseph, who has a new poetry collection out titled In Our Beautiful Bones. She’s sharing her five favorite desi…
The Jerusalem Post has reviewed “The Man Who Loved His Wife” by Jennifer Anne Moses The review is by Neville Teller. Mr. Teller points out Jennifer’s ability to paint complete characters in short stories, almost effortlessly putting us in a particular time and place. This collection of short stories is certain to provide a great…
Zilka Joseph, author of In Our Beautiful Bones, will have a virtual book launch event on Wednesday October 6th at 7pm Eastern Time. The event is sponsored by Literati Bookstore and the link to the event will be published on this page is here: https://www.literatibookstore.com/event/home-literati-zilka-joseph-w-nawaaz-ahmed-nancy-naomi-carlson. Other featured readers will be Nawaaz Ahmed and NN Carlson.…
Jennifer Anne Moses, author of The Man Who Loved His Wife, is the subject of a long and fascinating feature in the Times of Israel’s Jewish Standard section. The feature, entitled No Easy Answers, includes an extensive interview with the author and also features some of her remarkable paintings. You can get your own copy…
Mayapple Press adds our voice to the chorus of those remembering and saluting this fierce fighter for equal rights and justice. While we say “RIP”, we suspect her work is not finished……
