Joy Ladin

Joy Ladin is the author of twelve books of poetry and prose, including the National Jewish Book Award-winning revised second edition of The Book of Anna (EOAGH, 2021). From 2003 to 2021, she held the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University, where she was the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution.

Poetry

Three Poems by Joy Ladin

Four Seasons 2020-2021 Three owls hoot and answer the last full moon of a year of love and terror. * Heavy spring rain. No matter who wraps them, my mother’s legs keep weeping. * For the first time this summer, I’m not wrong when I hear the sound of water.

VOLUME 1: ISSUE 1
MARCH/APRIL 2022