Read about my new book, You Gave Me This Day.
Bernie Kaplan and I presented my poem "We Are the River" with Bernie's original music at Heritage Village in Southbury, Connecticut, on Novemb ber 25, 2025. The poem celebrates a life of freedom available to us because our forebears had the courage to speak up in the face of rising Naziism and fascism in the United States in the years leading to World War II.
Poets Cindy Davis and Sam Cross hosted a magical evening of poetry and music at the Jewish Community Center in Sherman, Connecticut, on Friday, 3 October 2025. I had the pleasure of working with retired educator and Master musician Bernie Kaplan, who accompanied me with his dulcimer, flute, and guitars on five poems. It was a lively gathering with an open mic that showcased the diverse talents of many poets in the area. It was a delight to be there!
I had the honor of reading new poems at the Danbury Cultural Commission at 256 Main Street in Danbury, Connecticut, on August 9. The event was part of the Danbury Street Festival 2025. The building housing the Cultural Commission is the old Danbury Library, where there is a dreamy WPA mural by Bethel artist Charles Federer on the first floor, which was once the children's department before the library moved to its new, very grand, building at 170 Main Street. I am grateful for the opportunity to share poems about growing up in Danbury, about the mural, and about Rogers Park's eight-grade science teacher and my friend Bernardo de Castro.
