Bread from a Stranger's Oven
AUTHOR
Janlori Goldman
White Pine Press Poetry Prize Winner
Reviews
"Through her fervent lyrics, delightful odes and image-rich narratives, Janlori Goldman invites us into her worldand it is a deeply moving one. With fluid, vivid clarity, she valiantly stares at the past, and faces the present with a compelling mix of temerity and tenderness. Hers is a remarkable voice that is all at once passionate and exquisitely subtle."
– Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Poetry Contest Judge
"Seldom have I seen a book of poems so vital in its storytelling, so rich and precise in imagery and metaphor, and at the same time so full of heart and compassion."
– Alicia Ostriker
"An intimate, tender voice tells of a life of sensual gladness, as well as loneliness and grief. The poems most often pay attention to neglected people and neglected truths, often neglected moments, often in the beauty of the earth."
– Jean Valentine
Janlori Goldman is a poet, teacher and activist. Bread from a Stranger’s Oven, her first full-length poetry collection, is published by White Pine Press (2017). Her chapbook "Akhmatova’s Egg" was published by Toadlily Press. Gerald Stern chose her poem ‘At the Cubbyhole Bar’ for the 2012 Raynes Prize.
Goldman is a widely published poet, and her book reviews and essays on art and poetry have appeared in numerous publications, including the forthcoming ‘The Poetry in Barbara Hammer’s Films,” due out in January 2018.
Goldman co-founded "The Wide Shore: A Journal of Global Women’s Poetry," www.thewideshore.org. She worked with Paris Press on the first publication of Virginia Woolf's "On Being Ill" with her mother, Julia Stephen's "Notes from Sick Rooms." She is a professor of human rights and public health in New York, and volunteers as a writing mentor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She received an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.