By Dr. Eleanor Ehrenkranz
Explaining Life The Wisdom Of Modern Jewish Poetry: 1960 To 2010
The book is a compilation of over 100 poems by American and Israeli poets, all in English (some translated). The poems speak of: love, loss, family relationships, death, alienation, war, and renewal.
Some of the authors and poems are:
- Natan Alterman: Song of Love and Pain
- Yehuda Amichai: Precise Woman
- Hamutal Bar-Yosef: When You Stay Here
- Agi Mishol: Woman Martyr
- Anthony Hecht: Saul and David
- Rachel Korn: I Am Soaked Through By you
- Robert Pinsky: The Night Game
The author is avaiable by Skype to make presentations and facillitate discussions to book clubs and other groups. Fee of $250 is waived if 20 books are ordered. For more information contact the author at ee@modernjewishpoetry.com.
The author offers speaking engagements in poetry and poetry writing, ranging from short presentations to full day presentations to 6 week courses. For more information contact the author at ee@modernjewishpoetry.com.
A partial list of Dr. Ehrenkranz’ past and future speaking engagements is available here.
A sample program flyer is available here.
Listen to the short audio files on this page for a taste of Dr. Ehrenkranz' approach to discussing poetry.
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Dr. Eleanor Ehrenkranz is a professor at Pace University, where she teaches Critical Reading and Writing about Film. She received her doctorate in English from New York University at which she also taught. She also spent 25 years teaching English in secondary schools, where she founded the first extracurricular Shakespeare Club. In addition to teaching, she has lectured on Jewish literature at synagogues and JCC's throughout the New York area, has been a guest lecturer for Jewish Family Services of Greenwich as well as for the UJA Federation and the Stamford Federation. And she has taught at Limmud New York. At present, she writes reviews for Jewish Book World. Dr. Ehrenkranz lives in Scarsdale, has four children and several grandchildren.
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Bibliographic Citation: Ehrenkranz, E. (2012) Explaining Life: The Wisdom Of Modern Jewish Poetry: 1960 To 2010. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
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