Podcast appearances and mentions of gayle brandeis

On this episode of Antioch MFA Program's LitCit, host Jessica Chisum chats with guest Gayle Brandeis about her latest book Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss (2023). Gayle discusses her favorite childhood authors, why writers are afraid to write about illness, what it means to write a "bonus book," and her new "novel in multiverse" in which Lilith embodies Marilyn Monroe! This episode was produced by Kenzy El-Mohandes and mastered by Elyse Jackson-Williams.

Author, poet, writer Gayle Brandeis has a new book out, Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss, and joins Elizabeth for a second excellent conversation. Too much to list! Just grab a snack/beverage/comfy place to sit and tuck right into this super episode! Be sure to check out Gayle's works at gaylebrandeis.com too! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meatforteacast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meatforteacast/support

In this episode, author Gayle Brandeis discusses knowing what we're doing, writing when you can, listening to your body, breathing, engaging with emotionally difficult material, and drafting for yourself, revising for others.   Gayle Brandeis https://gaylebrandeis.com/   Stories Matter Foundation https://www.storystudiochicago.org/

Gayle Brandeis joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about losing her mother to suicide and finding a way to write about it, her work across genres, leaning into what makes us unique on the page, trusting ourselves to discover what our work wants to become, why there is no better time to write than now, editing for connection with readers, the importance of play in our work, and her new collection Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss.   Also in this episode: -speculative nonfiction  -organizing principles in essays -choosing the right container for our work   Books mentioned in this episode: Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses A Constellation of Ghosts by Laraine Herring We Were Witches by Ariel Gore Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde The Suicide Index by Joan Wickersham   Gayle Brandeis is the author, most recently, of the essay collection Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss (Overcup Press). Earlier books include the memoir The Art of Misdiagnosis (Beacon Press), the novel in poems, Many Restless Concerns (Black Lawrence Press), shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award, the poetry collection The Selfless Bliss of the Body (Finishing Line Press), the craft book Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (HarperOne) and the novels The Book of Dead Birds (HarperCollins), which won the PEN/Bellwether Prize, Self Storage (Ballantine), Delta Girls (Ballantine), and My Life with the Lincolns (Henry Holt BYR), chosen as a state-wide read in Wisconsin. Gayle's essays, poetry, and short fiction have been published in places such as The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, O (The Oprah Magazine), The Rumpus, Salon, and more, and have received numerous honors, including the Columbia Journal Nonfiction Award, a Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award, Notable Essays in Best American Essays 2016, 2019, and 2020, the QPB/Story Magazine Short Story Award and the 2018 Multi Genre Maverick Writer Award. She was named A Writer Who Makes a Difference by The Writer Magazine, and served as Inlandia Literary Laureate from 2012-2014, with a focus on bringing writing workshops to underserved communities. She teaches in the MFA programs at Antioch University and University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe.   Connect with Gayle: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gaylebrandeis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaylebrandeis/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayle.brandeis Website: www.gaylebrandeis.com -- Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, and editor whose work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Writer's Digest, The Rumpus, American Literary Review, Hippocampus, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named a 2021 Best True Crime Book by Book Riot and was a Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards, the Housatonic Book Awards, and the Book of the Year Awards. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes, the Best of the Net, and the Best Microfiction Anthology, and her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' Eludia Award. She is creative nonfiction editor at The Citron Review and lives in Seattle with her family where she is working on her next book.   More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Sign up for monthly podcast and writing updates: https://bit.ly/33nyTKd Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ More about WHEN SHE COMES BACK, a memoir: https://ronitplank.com/book/ More about HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE, a short story collection: https://ronitplank.com/home-is-a-made-up-place/ Connect with Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank   Background photo: Canva Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

Goddess HolyDays and the full show notes can be found at GoddessAliveRadio.comAre you participating in Camp NaNoWriMo?Special thanks to Murphy's Essentials for being our sponsor this week! Shop at murphysessentials.com and use the code MH20 for 20% off your orders in April!  JOIN US!  MotherHouse of the Goddess FB group AstrologersMary Lomando Laura Sanger Watkins Audrey AlisonSam Belyea Chani Nicholas Decks used in the DivinationSacred Mothers & Goddesses Oracle Deck by Claudia OlivosThe Light Seer's Tarot by Chris-AnneEarthcraft Oracle by Juliet Diaz, Lorriane Anderson, and Daniell Boodoo-FortunéSacred Self-Care Oracle by Jill Pyle, and Tatiana VedenkinaSnacks & Stacks - What we're readingWomen's Work by Elizabeth Wayland BarberAuthor Life Fix by Tracee GarnerCirce by Madeline MillerThe Heroine's Journey by Gail CarrigerVenom & Vanilla by Shannon MeyerDrawing Breath by Gayle Brandeis (there is a Kindle now!)Upcoming Events & ClassesApril 22 - Spring Fling Episode of Goddess Alive Radio LIVE April 29 - Book Party with Careille Crow for The Magic in Your Genes - Pre-order here!April 29 - Goddess Oracle Circle April 30 - MotherHouse of the Goddess Temple Beltaine Ritual Upcoming & Current OfferingsWeaving Women Spring: Season of the MaidenUnlocking the Mysteries: Keys to Your Moon Blood (Self-Study) April Goddess Oracle Circle Priestess of Sun, Moon & Stars TrainingElemental Priestess Training (Self-Study)Goddess Readings with Kimberly - email me motherhouseofthegoddess@gmail.comPlanner Consultations with Marisa, aka SuperPlanny From the SuperPlannyFavorite Planners for someone just starting out:The Happy PlannerHobonichi Weeks The one you'll actually use!Join hosts Kimberly Moore, Priestess and Founder of MotherHouse of the Goddess, and Marisa McCall, Priestess and Co-Creatrix of MotherHouse of the Goddess, for Goddess Alive Radio. Tune into the Myth, Magick, and Mystery of GoddessGODDESS ALIVE RADIOJoin us for weekly podcasts for Goddess Alive Radio! Tune into the Myth, Magick, and Mystery of Goddess Spirituality, Women's Empowerment, and Living Mythology – how Goddess is moving through our lives today. Priestesses, Practitioners, Authors, Healers, and Shamans will join us to discuss their expertise, practices, and experiences.

Gayle Brandeis is the award-winning author of the memoir “The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother's Suicide”, the novel in poems “Many Restless Concerns", as well as several novels, a poetry collection, and a writing guide. Her essay collection “Drawing Breath” will be released in 2023. Gayle's work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Salon, and more. In this episode, Gayle talks about healing from her mother's suicide, living with her delusions, and using writing to instigate change. From Gayle's mom Arlene, we learn about using art and creativity as a source of meaning and joy, listening to your intuition, and knowing that your voice can make a difference. We also learn about the importance of setting boundaries, and the art of navigating conflicts. Gayle mentions “American Foundation for Suicide Prevention” as one of the most important resources that helped her with her healing process. For more information, please visit their website. For more information on Gayle and her work, please visit following links: Gayle's website: http://gaylebrandeis.com Gayle's forthcoming book, Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, The Body, and Loss from Overcup Books (February, 2023) An essay from the collection, "My Shadow son: A stranger insisted he was my child for more than a decade" Gayle's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gaylebrandeis To contact Ana, to be a guest, or suggest a guest, please send your mail to: info@thankyoumama.net For more about “Thank You, Mama" and to subscribe to the newsletter, please visit: http://www.thankyoumama.net To connect with Ana on social media: https://www.instagram.com/anatajder/ https://www.facebook.com/ana.tajder https://www.linkedin.com/in/anatajder/ https://twitter.com/tajder

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Join us for this Zoom event in celebration of 10 years of 100tpc.org. Spoken word performances from Gayle Brandeis, Linda Kraus, D. Dina Friedman, Kristin Bock, Jessamyn Smyth, Marissa Perez, and featured reader Tommy Twilite. Recorded and streamed live on September 25, 2021. As this was a live Zoom event, the audio quality varies wildly. With apologies, we still hope you enjoy the excellent content contained therein! See S1 E20 for Elizabeth's chat with 100TPFC's co-founder Michael Rothenberg, S3 E2 for our conversation with Jessamyn Smyth, S2 E24 for our time with Massachusetts 2021-2023 Beat Poet Laureate Tommy Twilite, and S1 E24 for Elizabeth's talk with Gayle Brandeis for more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meatforteacast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/meatforteacast/support

In 2004, the comedian Cameron Esposito sat on the steps of Boston City Hall and watched as some of the first legally married same-sex couples in the United States emerged victoriously as newlyweds. Thirteen years, three boyfriends and 10 girlfriends later, Cameron was ready to marry the woman she assumed she would be with forever.“I expected to perfectly navigate marriage like some sort of lesbian phoenix that never stops rising,” Cameron wrote in her 2019 Modern Love essay. But when she found herself alone and knocked down, failing at marriage, she developed new perspectives on the privileges she had long been fighting for. You can find more information on today's episode here. Featured stories: “New Hope, New Pain, Same Old Divorce” by Cameron Esposito"Here's a Chair for You” by Gayle Brandeis

Beloved Los Angeles poet/performer Rich Ferguson delivers a tender, complex collection in Everything is Radiant Between the Hates, whose 8 sections offer free verse and prose poems ranging from hip satire to elegy and beyond - to gentle mantras that you might repeat to yourself in a parking lot or in bed at night when your obnoxious downstairs neighbor won't quieten down. Bold, generous and self-deprecating, Ferguson's work challenges readers to accept grief and dare - despite it, because of it - to dream of glorious things.   Ferguson is joined by Heater Woodbury, Gayle Brandeis, and J. Ryan Stradal. _______________________________________________   Produced by Maddie Gobbo & Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

On today's info-packed episode, your host Becca Spence Dobias is joined by Gayle Brandeis and Quintin Collins to discuss low residency MFA programs. Both guests were students in a low residency MFA program and are now faculty at their alma maters. They discuss the benifits of a low residency program, walk listeners through the experience, and get into the specifics like funding and applications.     Resources Mentioned: Poets & Writers Guide to Low Residency MFA Programs Solstice MFA Program Antioch University MFA Program Sierra Nevada College MFA Program   Connect with Our Guests: www.GayleBrandeis.com https://www.qcollinswriter.com/   _________________ Check out the following books by our Indie Writer Podcast Patrons!  Proliferation by Erik Otto Mission 51 by Fernando Crôtte Want to see your book listed? Become a Patron!    __________________________ We want to thank all of the wonderful members of our writing bloc community. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, or at WritingBloc.com.

The fourteenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Elizabeth MacDuffie has a conversation with author and poet Gayle Brandeis, discussing her most recent collection Many Restless Concerns, among other topics related to her work and writing. And the Meat For Teacast co-host features two selections from his band Out Out's most recent EP "White Lily". See gaylebrandeis.com and outout.bandcamp.com for more information. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meatforteacast/message

Gayle Brandeis grew up in the Chicago area and has been writing poems and stories since she was four years old. She is the author of many titles, including Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write , the novel The Book of Dead Birds , which won Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize for Fiction of Social Engagement. Her latest, Many Restless Concerns: The Victims of Countess Bathory Speak in Chorus was published by Black Lawrence Press and is now available. Oleta Bryson presents a collection of extraordinary stories gleaned from life experiences in It’s All About Perspective: Change Your Perspective, Change Your Life .

:: Please note that this episode touches on topics that may be triggering for some, including suicide, trafficking, and murder :: Welcome to THE PUBLICIST SPEAKS! Jessica speaks with Gayle Brandies about the notorious serial killer Countess Ezrabet Bathory and the hundreds of women and girls she killed in the late 16th century. Gayle's new book MANY RESTLESS CONCERNS: THE VICTIMS OF COUNTESS BATHORY SPEAK IN CHORUS, gives voices to the victims of Countess Bathory. This novel in poems, gives insight to the lives of these women and girls as they moved from their homes (whether by choice or by force) into the glorious castle, never to be seen again. To learn more about Gayle Brandeis and her work, visit http://gaylebrandeis.com/ Gayle and Jessica talk in depth about the horrors she wrote about in this novel, and how these same horrors still exist 500 years later in 2020. Listen now to hear more about this incredible book and the importance of giving voices to those who have been silenced.

Today I had the pleasure to talk writing with Gayle Brandeis the author of The Art of Misdiagnosis. Join us as we get real about dealing with painful subjects and getting to the real story of her memoir. Find her newest book at https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780807044865 and you can learn more about Gayle's upcoming appearances and other work at http://gaylebrandeis.com/.

[We're taking turns picking out some favorite episodes to share with you on weeks when vacations disrupt our usual chattiness. Catherine raided our archives for today's full episode (from January 15, 2018) and the speed rounds you'll hear on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Tomorrow, though, you can listen to a brand new Round 2.] 00:56 Homework Crisis: What assignment did Catherine's son leave to the last minute? Recording a podcast! … 07:08 Just Trying to Help!: Step in, and you're judgey. Ignore, and you're heartless. What do you do when another parent is in a jam... in public? … 24:15 Speed Round: Parenting Classes: After reading this list of 9 Parenting Classes We Wish Existed (http://www.scarymommy.com/9-parenting-classes-we-wish-existed/), we have some suggestions for the course catalog. … 33:53 Roundabout Roundup: PosCast 1st Annual Holiday Song Blowout (https://audioboom.com/posts/6562949-poscast-draft-1st-annual-holiday-song-blowout); “My Shadow Son” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/01/03/a-stranger-insisted-i-was-his-mother-what-happened-next-surprised-both-of-us/) by Gayle Brandeis at the Washington Post; and “I, Tonya” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580036/). … 40:12 Shameless Self-Promotion: “The Mauro 10-Point Comfort Scale for Award Show Dresses” (http://mamatude.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-mauro-10-point-comfort-scale-for.html); “4 Different Ways to Evaluate Student Progress in the Inclusive Class” (http://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2018/01/05/4-different-ways-evaluate-student-progress-inclusive-class/); “Teach Your Tot Tenacity” (https://www.highlights.com/parents/articles/teach-your-tot-tenacity). … Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience. For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

Lesléa Newman is the author of 70 books for readers of all ages, including A Letter to Harvey Milk; October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard; I Carry My Mother; The Boy Who Cried Fabulous; Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed; and Heather Has Two Mommies. Lesléa just released a new book of poetry titled Lovely. She has received many literary awards, including creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Artists Foundation, two American Library Association Stonewall Honors, Massachusetts Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award, Highlights for Children Fiction Writing Award, a Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fiction Writing grant, James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, Cat Writer's Association Muse Medallion, and the Dog Writers Association of America's Maxwell Medallion. Nine of her books have been Lambda Literary Award Finalists. Ms. Newman is a popular guest lecturer, and has spoken at numerous college campuses including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Oregon, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College and the University of Judaism. From 2008-2010 she served as the Poet Laureate of Northampton, MA. She is currently a faculty mentor at Spalding University's brief residency MFA in Writing program. Recently published books include the poetry collection I Carry My Mother (Golden Crown Literary Society Award and Massachusetts Center for the Book "Must Read" title); picture book Here Is The World: A Year of Jewish Holidays (Sydney Taylor Notable); and Ketzel, The Cat Who Composed (Massachusetts Book Award, Sydney Taylor Award, and Cat Writers Association Best "Litter-ary" Award). Forthcoming titles include two picture books, Sparkle Boy (Lee and Low, 2017) and Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story (Abrams, 2018).

00:31 Homework Crisis: What assignment did Catherine's son leave to the last minute? Recording a podcast!06:43 Just Trying to Help!: Step in, and you're judgey. Ignore, and you're heartless. What do you do when another parent is in a jam... in public?23:50 Speed Round: Parenting Classes: After reading this list of 9 Parenting Classes We Wish Existed, we have some suggestions for the course catalog.32:43 Roundabout Roundup: PosCast 1st Annual Holiday Song Blowout; My Shadow Son, by Gayle Brandeis at the Washington Post; and I, Tonya.38:52 Shameless Self-Promotion: The Mauro 10-Point Comfort Scale for Award Show Dresses; 4 Different Ways to Evaluate Student Progress in the Inclusive Class; Teach Your Tot Tenacity.Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

Bill welcomes author Gayle Brandeis to the show. Gayle is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write, Dictionary Poems, the novels The Book of Dead Birds, Self Storage, and Delta Girls (Ballantine) - and her first novel for young readers, My Life with the Lincolns, which won a Silver Nautilus Book Award and was chosen as a state-wide read in Wisconsin. She is also author of the new memoir, The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother’s Suicide. Her poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies (such as Salon, The Rumpus, The Nation, and The Mississippi Review) and she has received several literary awards, including the QPB/Story Magazine Short Story Award, and a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2016. Gayle Brandeis is also the Editor-in-Chief at Tiferet Journal and host of Tiferet Talk, Tiferet's live radio interview broadcasts.

Tiferet Talk host Gayle Brandeis and Tiferet Journal are most honored and pleased to have as our esteemed guest, award winning writer and stage & film actor, Martin Moran. Martin Moran attended Stanford University and lives in New York City where he makes his living as an actor and writer He is the author of the best-selling books "All the Rage: A Quest" and "The Tricky Part". His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Ploughshares and Pushcart Prize. He was awarded a fellowship at The MacDowell Colony and is a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant for Creative Non-fiction. Moran wrote the Book and Lyrics for the 2012 “Inner Voices” solo musical, Borrowed Dust, with composer Joseph Thalken. He is currently working on his next book, Analphabet. As an actor, he most recently completed the Off Broadway run of his one-man play, All The Rage, which received the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critics Circle Nomination for Outstanding Solo Show. He received an OBIE and two Drama Desk Nominations for his 2004 solo play, The Tricky Part, based upon his memoir of the same title. The Tricky Part memoir won the 2005 Lambda Non-Fiction Prize and Barnes and Noble Discover Award. He has also presented his solo work internationally in Poland, South Africa and Canada. Moran's film and television work includes guest appearances on The Newsroom; The Big C; Possible Side Affects; Private Parts; Law & Order; Law & Order Criminal Intent; Dellaventura and Mary and Rhoda. For more information about our guest, Martin Moran, please visit: http://www.alltherageplay.com/ These interviews are proudly brought to you by Tiferet Journal: Promoting Tolerance through Literature & Art. http://tiferetjournal.com/

Tiferet Journal, and our Tiferet Talk Interviews host Gayle Brandeis, are most honored and pleased to have as our guest, award winning poet, writer, editor and teacher, Khadijah Queen. Khadijah Queen is the author of five books, most recently I'm So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On (YesYes Books 2017). Earlier poetry collections include Conduit (Akashic / Black Goat 2008), Black Peculiar (Noemi Press 2011) and Fearful Beloved (Argos Books 2015). Her verse play Non-Sequitur (Litmus Press 2015) won the Leslie Scalapino Award for Innovative Women's Performance Writing. The prize included a full staged production of the play at Theaterlab NYC from December 10 - 20, 2015 by Fiona Templeton's The Relationship theater company. Queen's individual poems and prose appear in Fence, Tin House, Buzzfeed, Gulf Coast, Poor Claudia, The Offing, jubilat, Memoir, Tupelo Quarterly, Best American Nonrequired Reading, DIAGRAM, The Volta Book of Poets, LitHub, The Force of What's Possible and widely elsewhere. Reviews of her work can be found in BOMB Magazine, SCOUT, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Review, Open Letters Monthly, The Volta, Kenyon Review, Boston Review, and other publications. She serves as core faculty in poetry and playwriting for the new Mile-High MFA in creative writing at Regis University, and is raising a teenager. For more information about our guest, Khadijah Queen, please visit: http://www.khadijahqueen.com/ These interviews are proudly brought to you by Tiferet Journal: Promoting Tolerance through Literature & Art. http://tiferetjournal.com/

Please join Tiferet Journal, and Tiferet Talk Interviews host Gayle Brandeis on June 28 at 6:30pm EST for an interview with writer, author, lecturer, interviewer and Editor-in-Chief at Author Magazine, William (Bill) Kenower. Mr. Kenower is the author of several highly reviewed books; Write Within Yourself: An Author's Companion and his latest book Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write with Confidence. He also hosts a weekly online radio program called Author2Author where he interviews writers on the intersections of writing and life. Some of his exceptional past guests include William Gibson, Richard Bach, David Rocklin, Tami Hoag, and Holly Robinson. Bill Kenower's articles have been published in The New York Times and Edible Seattle, and he has been a featured blogger for the Huffington Post. Mr. Kenower is also the Editor-in-Chief of Author Magazine where he oversees the daily tasks of managing a premiere publication. Bill also writes a popular essay blog there and conducts in-person video interviews with a wide range of literary luminaries. For more information about our guest, William Kenower, please visit:http://www.williamkenower.com/ These interviews are proudly brought to you by Tiferet Journal: Promoting Tolerance through Literature & Art. http://tiferetjournal.com/

Tiferet Journal, and our Tiferet Talk Interviews host Gayle Brandeis, are most honored and pleased to have award winning novelist Hilma Wolitzer as our esteemed guest on May 17th at 6:30pm EST.   Hilma Wolitzer is an American novelist who has received honors and fellowships from Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Her novels include Ending, In the Flesh, The Doctor's Daughter, and Hearts. Her 14th book, An Available Man, was published in 2012. She has taught at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Columbia University, New York University, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. Wolitzer has two daughters, Meg who is a novelist, and Nancy, who is a freelance editor and visual artist. She lives in Manhattan with her husband who is a Psychologist. For more information about our guest, please visit: http://www.hilmawolitzer.com/index.htm Please consider subscribing to TIFERET JOURNAL where you will receive 1 print and 3 digital issues per year—each beautifully designed and filled with highly-crafted, quality stories, excellent essays, moving poetry, enlightening interviews with well known authors and thinkers, and beautiful art from painters and photographers around the world, which all share our cross-cultural humanity. http://tiferetjournal.com/subscribe/

Tiferet Journal, and our Tiferet Talk Interviews host Gayle Brandeis are most honored and grateful to have the current U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, as our esteemed guest. Juan Felipe Herrera is the author of 28 books of poetry, YA novels, and collections for children including: “Half the World in Light: New and Selected Poems" (2008), winner of National Book Critics Circle Award and the International Latino Book Award. His other honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, two Latino Hall of Fame Poetry Awards, and a PEN / Beyond Margins Award. Elected a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets in 2011, Herrera served as the Poet Laureate of California from 2012-2015. In 2016, he was awarded the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement at the 36th L.A. Times Book Prizes. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington appointed Juan Felipe Herrera as the Library’s 21st Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry on June 10, 2015. Mr. Felipe Herrera poetry collections include, 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border: Undocuments 1971-2007, Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (2008), and Border-Crosser with a Lamborghini Dream (1999).  He has also written several children’s books such as, "The Upside Down Boy," "Calling the Doves" and "Super Cilantro Girl" that have been adapted into a play by the LightBox Theatre Company. “Calling the Doves” won the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award in 1997. To find out more about our guest, current U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Felipe_Herrera    

Welcome back to Tiferet Talk. We start off the New Year with our new host, Gayle Brandeis! Please join us on February 22nd at 6:30pm EST. 5:30pm CST and 3:30pm PDT as we speak with poet and creative nonfiction writer, Molly Peacock. Molly Peacock is the author of The Analyst (W. W. Norton & Company; 2017) a poetry collection on the relationship between therapist and patient after the therapist survives a brain hemorrhage. Peacock uses a variety of forms from sonnet and villanelle to free verse to explore this new relationship. Author of several books of poetry, Peacock has also written biography, The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work at 72, a memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece, short fiction, Alphabetique: 26 Characteristic Fictions, and the craft book, How To Read a Poem & Start a Poetry Circle. She is also the editor of a collection of creative non-fiction, The Private I: Privacy in a Public World, and the co-editor of Poetry in Motion: One Hundred Poems from the Subways and Buses. She performed The Shimmering Verge, a one-woman staged monologue in poems, in theaters throughout North America. Molly Peacock is former Poet-in-Residence at the American Poets’ Corner and President Emerita of the Poetry Society of America. For ten years, Peacock conducted quarterly poetry circles on Wisconsin Public Radio. She has received awards and fellowships from Danforth Foundation, Ingram Merrill Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and New York State Council on the Arts, amongst other honors, and is based in Toronto and New York. For more information on Molly Peacock, and to purchase her books, please visit: http://www.mollypeacock.org/

Orhan's Inheritance (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)  In her extraordinary debut, Aline Ohanesian has created two remarkable characters--a young man ignorant of his family's and his country's past, and an old woman haunted by the toll the past has taken on her life. When Orhan's brilliant and eccentric grandfather Kemal--a man who built a dynasty out of making "kilim" rugs--is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business. But Kemal's will raises more questions than it answers. He has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, an aging woman in an Armenian retirement home in Los Angeles. Her existence and secrecy about her past only deepen the mystery of why Orhan's grandfather willed his home in Turkey to an unknown woman rather than to his own son or grandson. Left with only Kemal's ancient sketchbook and intent on righting this injustice, Orhan boards a plane to Los Angeles. There he will not only unearth the story that eighty-seven-year-old Seda so closely guards but discover that Seda's past now threatens to unravel his future. Her story, if told, has the power to undo the legacy upon which his family has been built. Moving back and forth in time, between the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the 1990s, Orhan's Inheritance is a story of passionate love, unspeakable horrors, incredible resilience, and the hidden stories that can haunt a family for generations. Praise for Orhan's Inheritance: "Aline Ohanesian draws from her family's own dark history to create a tender, powerful story of love and reclamation.Orhan's Inheritance is a breathtaking and expansive work of historical fiction and proof that the past can sometimes rewrite the future." --Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train “A harrowing tale of unimaginable sacrifice...A novel that delves into the darkest corners of human history and emerges with a tenuous sense of hope.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review “To take the tumultuous history of Turks and Armenians in the early part of this century, and to tell the stories of families and lovers from the small everyday moments of life to the terrible journeys of death, to make a novel so engrossing and keep us awake - that is an accomplishment, and Aline Ohanesian's first novel is such a wonderful accomplishment.” - Susan Straight, author of Highwire Moon “Readers who were moved by the work of Carol Edgarian, Mark Mustian, and Nancy Kricorian will appreciate the historical authenticity and passion that Aline Ohanesian brings to this story of the Armenian Genocide. Orhan's Inheritance is heartfelt and sincere.”— Chris Bohjalian, author of The Sandcastle Girls “From its first startling image, Orhan's Inheritance will seep under your skin and leave an indelible mark upon your heart. What lucky readers we are to inherit Aline Ohanesian's gorgeous work.” —Gayle Brandeis, author of Delta Girls “Orhan's Inheritance is a remarkable debut from an important new voice. It tells us things we thought we knew and shows us we had no idea. Beautiful and terrible and, finally, indelible.” – Luis Alberto Urrea, author of Queen of America Aline Ohanesian's great-grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Her history was the kernel for the story that Ohanesian tells in her first novel, Orhan's Inheritance. Ohanesian was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction and "Glimmer Train"'s Short Story Award for New Writers. Born in Northridge, California, she lives and writes in San Juan Capistrano, California, with her husband and two young sons. Her website is www.alineohanesian.com.