The second season of the Yetzirah Reading Series began with a reading featuring Hilda Raz, Grace Schulman, & Alan Shapiro, followed by a brilliant Q&A moderated by Yerra Sugarman Jehanne Dubrow—in which partipants learned, among many other things, that the two astonishing long poems read by Alan were written specifically for the reading, in response to an opening question…
Events
Larksong Writers Place, 30 Poets in 30 Days
In April 2022, Hilda gave a reading for a Larksong Writers Place event, 30 Poets in 30 Days.
Celebrating Women Writers, March 5
On Saturday, March 5, 2022, Hilda and her colleagues Lynn C. Miller and Lynda Miller presented an afternoon of storytelling and poetry at the Placitas Community Library. These writers, ‘sisters in words,’ shared their writing and experiences bringing women’s writing to the fore.
Poems Published in Ploughshares
Three poems by Hilda Raz are published in the Winter 2021–22 issue of Ploughshares (Look 2 Essay), edited by Ladette Randolph and John Skoyles: “Eye Surgery,” “Musings on Life,” and “Olivia’s Journal, with Keynote.” John Kinsella’s introduction in Letter from a Place I’ve Never Been: New and Collected Poems, 1986–2020 is also published in the…
“Writer, Mother, Monster” Podcast Interview
Hilda Raz appeared as a guest February 17 on the “Writer, Mother, Monster” podcast with host and author Lara Ehrlich (Animal Wife, Red Hen Press, 2020). The podcast is a conversation series devoted to dismantling the myth of having it all and offering writer-moms solidarity, support, and advice as we make space for creative endeavors.…