Another Desert [Paperback]

Joan Logghe (Editor), Miriam Sagan (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 18, 2001

This collection blends the history, celebrations, and reconciliation of ancient Jewish traditions with life in New Mexico. The circle of the Jewish year is saturated by the New Mexico experience as tashlich is performed in a precious desert river, and Passover coincides with Good Friday pilgrims making a holy journey to the Santuario de Chimayo. At root these are poems of faith-in the beauty of the desert, in the survival of tradition and memory, and ultimately in the ability of language to contain and express experience. Includes work by Marjorie Agosín/Robin Becker/Yehudis Fishman/Gene Frumkin/Natalie Goldberg/Judyth Hill/Joan Logghe/Consuelo Luz/Carol Moldaw/Judith Rafaela/Miriam Sagan.

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Eve by Marjorie Agosin
Eve by Marjorie Agosin
The Crypto-jews by Robin Becker
Yom Kippur, Taos, New Mexico by Robin Becker
Rosa De Castilla by Beth Enson
Easter Peace by Max Finstein
For The Chamber Of Commerce by Max Finstein
Blessings by Yehudis Fishman
Shabos In Santa Fe by Yehudis Fishman
Shifting Bones by Yehudis Fishman
Six by Yehudis Fishman
Sukos Quartet by Yehudis Fishman
Expecting Me by Gene Frumkin
The Singer Of Manoa Street by Gene Frumkin
Uncle Hymie by Gene Frumkin
Having A Wonderful Holiday by Bill Gersh
Just Another Mummy In The Cargoe by Bill Gersh
Weapon by Bill Gersh
Por Sospechoso Judio by A. S. Gintzler
Song Of Wildfire by Jenny Goldberg
Forgotten Ones by Natalie Goldberg
Holy Land by Natalie Goldberg
I Tried To Marry America by Natalie Goldberg
Leaving Israel: A Lament by Natalie Goldberg
Sister by Natalie Goldberg
Women's Genealogy From The Torah by Lynn Gottlieb
Advice From Nana by Judyth Hill
Angels And Thorns by Judyth Hill
Berliner Zeitung by Judyth Hill
Grapes From The Fishman by Judyth Hill
Listen Carefully by Judyth Hill
Mrs. Noah Peels Potatoes In Four Worlds by Judyth Hill
Star Children by Judyth Hill
Chanuka by Phyllis Hotch
Kaddish For Debbie 1051-1997 by Phyllis Hotch
Sukkot: Harvest Dance by Phyllis Hotch
An Ark Of Wood by Shuli Lamden
Four Questions by Shuli Lamden
Jewish Imagery by Shuli Lamden
Suburban Seder by Shuli Lamden
Always Aunt Clara by Joan Logghe
Blessing by Joan Logghe
Days Of Awe by Joan Logghe
Kaddish by Joan Logghe
My Mother's Sabbath by Joan Logghe
Shalom Shalom by Joan Logghe
Something by Joan Logghe
Tashlich At Embudo Crossing by Joan Logghe
What I've Noticed About Death by Joan Logghe
Conversos by Consuelo Luz
One Fine Day Full Of Love by Consuelo Luz
Ya Tomas Tu Lugar (you Take Your Place) by Consuelo Luz
Kitchen Table by Matt Meyers
Snowed-in by Matt Meyers
Ancestors by Carol Moldaw
Lines Begun On Yom Kippur by Carol Moldaw
Reb Shmerl And The Water Spirit by Carol Moldaw
After The Inquisition by Elmo Mondragon
Santa Fe: A Jewish Wife 1895 by Jean Nordhaus
Atonement Songs by Judith Rafaela
Diaspora by Judith Rafaela
The Questions Remain by Judith Rafaela
Wandering Jew by Judith Rafaela
Shavuos by Josh Rappaport
Erev Rosh Hashona by Barbara Rockman
Thoughts At Kol Nidre by Barbara Rockman
Antelope Season by Miriam Sagan
The God Of The Jews by Miriam Sagan
Holy Days & Blessings by Miriam Sagan
Mikvah Psalm by Miriam Sagan
Passover by Miriam Sagan
Purim by Miriam Sagan
Wailing Wall by Miriam Sagan
A Widow's Kaddish by Miriam Sagan
Contemporary Inquisition by Isabelle Medina Sandoval
Mamacita Mi Hermana by Isabelle Medina Sandoval
A Mother's Prayer by Isabelle Medina Sandoval
Opened Locks by Isabelle Medina Sandoval
Songbird Of The Sefarad by Isabelle Medina Sandoval
Teshuvah by Isabelle Medina Sandoval
Cooking Hamantasch by 'annah Sobelman
My Odessa by 'annah Sobelman
Schlomo's Heaven by Richard L. Stevens
Assimilaltion by Marcia Wolff
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Powerful, emotional, historical journey of the Jewish heritage in New Mexico. -- Jewish Federation Library

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Sherman Asher Pub; 1st edition (September 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964419696
• ISBN-13: 978-0964419698
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #875,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One People, Two Deserts, August 29, 2000

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This review is from: Another Desert (Paperback)

Excerpts from a longer review by Judith Fein in HADASSAH Magazine August/September 2000: The book is sprinkled with Spanish, Hebrew, Ladino, and Yiddish. It is puctuated with love, questioning, humility, bravado, honesty, longing and anger.... At first the words seem tender and nostalgic and clever, but they begin to gain power as the diverse voices proliferate.... Of all the poems in the book, the Converso section elicits the most excitement. "I think this is because the phenomenon works both historically and metaphorically," Logghe says. "I ask,'What in your life have you kept hidden?' We all have hidden aspects of ourselves. The book is a vehicle for opening up dialoge with Jewsand non-Jews so we should find some common ground and hearts." Read the whole two page review and you will know why this book is a treasure to share.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Today's Librarian Review, February 17, 2000

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Marybeth (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Another Desert (Paperback)

In this diverse and masterly compilation, New Mexican Jewishpoets explore their Judaic identities as set against a backdrop ofarroyos, chili plants, and arid turquoise skies. Many of the poets are relatively recent transplants from elsewhere in the country, while a few have long made their homes in the Land of Enchantment. One of the Spanish-writing contributors is descended from the first Jews to arrive in New Mexico, fleeing persecution from the Spanish Inquisition in 1598. The theme of exile and searching permeates many of the works, with several poems inspired by the painful past-the Holocaust, the Inquisition. Other writers probe the wonder and strangeness of newly embracing their faith in this unlikely land. There are also numerous reflections on ancestors, family and religious holidays-one poem describes casting bread into the Rio Grande on Rosh Hashanah morning. Libraries serving communities with sizeable Jewish populations should consider this anthology a must purchase. Also recommended anywhere where interest is high in Western or Jewish culture, or just fine poetry.