Marge Piercy

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Composite Image of Marge Piercy with He, She and It
November 1, 2017

An Interview with Marge Piercy

Emily Cataneo

We spoke with Marge Piercy’about her book He, She, and It, dystopia in 2017,what she thinks about artificial intelligence (AI), and how young activists can fight the good fight.

Topics: Fiction
https://jwa.org/blog/interview-with-marge-piercy
Rosh Hashanah Marge Piercy
September 20, 2017

The Birthday of the World

Bella Book

As we say goodbye to 5777 and come together at the start of 5778, Marge Piercy’s poem “The Birthday of the World” has been resonating through the halls of JWA. Like Piercy, we’re asking ourselves: How have we worked to make change this past year? What have we dared? What will we do in the coming year to further justice, to speak out and take a stand?

Topics: Rosh Hashanah, Poetry
https://jwa.org/blog/birthday-of-world
Joy Ladin and Lesléa Newman
April 28, 2016

Identity Poetics: An Afternoon with Joy Ladin and Lesléa Newman

Bella Book and
Tara Metal

On a sunny but cold Sunday in Boston, poets Joy Ladin and Lesléa Newman spoke at a JWA-sponsored event about their newly released collections of poetry, Ladin’s Impersonation and Newman’s I Carry My Mother. 

Topics: LGBTQIA Rights, Poetry
https://jwa.org/blog/bookclub/identity-poetics-afternoon-with-joy-ladin-and-lesl-newman
"At the New Moon" by Marge Piercy

Marge Piercy

The poems in The Art of Blessing the Day were written over a 20-year period.
https://jwa.org/feminism/piercy-marge
Marge Piercy
April 18, 2012

How do I love Marge Piercy?

Lesléa Newman

How do I love Marge Piercy? Let me count the ways:

Topics: Feminism, Passover, Poetry
https://jwa.org/blog/how-do-i-love-marge-piercy
Marge Piercy

Marge Piercy

Novelist and poet Marge Piercy's life and life’s work reflect her deep engagement with political activism, feminism, and Judaism. In genres including fiction, poetry, liturgy, memoir, and essays, Piercy’s work brings together spirituality, creativity, memory, sensuality, and political engagement.

Cynthia Ozick

Poetry in the United States

The contributions of Jewish women poets to American literary history and political activism, as well as to the enrichment of Jewish culture and practice, are astounding. Many Jewish women poets write with a strong sense of social responsibility and a desire to create poetry that can shape reality, drawing on the Jewish teachings of  tikkun olam.

Holocaust Literature

Literature by and about women and the Holocaust explores the impact of the Nazi genocide on women during and after the war, its impact on subsequent generations, and the reflections of women on the implications of the Holocaust. Encompassing a range of literary genres, including fiction, poetry, drama and memoir, women’s Holocaust writing explores the intersection of history, imagination, Jewishness and gender.

Jacqueline Susann

Fiction, Popular in the United States

The explosion of writing by American Jewish women in the twentieth century produced not only serious fiction, poetry, essays, and autobiography but also a range of popular literature geared towards pleasure and light entertainment. Popular fiction by American Jewish women in the twentieth century featured genres from regional novels, sagas, historical novels, romances, mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, and humor.

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in Paris, 1923

Fiction in the United States

Literature by American Jewish women reflects historical trends in American Jewish life and indicates the changing issues facing writers who worked to position themselves as Americans, Jews, and women.

August 13, 2006

Sex Wars

Judith Rosenbaum

It’s the story of an immigrant struggling to survive economically in the big city, a woman running for president, a crusade against pornography and birth control, a decades-long debate on how to achieve political equality for women.

Topics: Reproductive Rights, Voting Rights, Immigration, Fiction
https://jwa.org/blog/sexwars

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