Rachel Zucker named National Book Critics Circle Finalist
I have recently learned, along with readers of The New York Times, that my daughter, Rachel Zucker, has been namd one of the Finalists in the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Book Awards! Rachel’s newest collection, Museum of Accidents (Wave Books, 2010), is among the five nominees in the Poetry category. The Poetry finalists will read from their works in New York on Thursday, March 11th, and the winner will be declared the next day. For those unfamiliar with the NBCC Book Awards, they are...
Read MoreHaiti on my mind
Dear Friends, I am guessing that you have been watching the news on Haiti. I am here in Taiwan devastated by the news. Watching the Haitian people, I am reminded of their vibrancy, their indomitable spirit, their creativity. How extraordinary that the first two nights when silence fell on Port au Prince the only sound was that of women singing. I so wish the newsreporters before they continually call Haiti the poorest of countries would add the adjective “economically”...
Read MorePlum Blossoms in Taiwan
In Taiwan, many people travel to Nantou, which is in the western...
Read MoreRave Review for Rachel Zucker’s Museum of Accidents
Dear Family and Friends, The lead feature of this month’s January Boston Review by Stephen Burt recounts how poets used to write about war or death. However, within the past 30 years, a new movement has begun: a movement of of poets writing about childbirth and reorganizing life around children. Burt claims that Rachel Zucker’s new book, Museum of Accidents (Wave Books, 2010), is perhaps the apex of that movement. He writes with precision and appreciation of Rachel’s poetry...
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