Often I say I write to stop time, but I am wrong. Time is visible in this wheeled chair whose arm no longer lifts; in this memory of a pink silken night jacket, the one shopped for my mother when she entered the hospital, for one must always look nice for the doctor; the lacy […]
Claudia M. Reder
Claudia M. Reder is the author of How to Disappear, a poetic memoir, (Blue Light Press, 2019). Uncertain Earth (Finishing Line Press), and My Father & Miro (Bright Hill Press). How to Disappear was awarded first prize in the Pinnacle and Feathered Quill awards. She was awarded the Charlotte Newberger Poetry Prize from Lilith Magazine, and two literary fellowships from the Pennsylvania Arts Council. She attended Millay Colony, NAPA Writer’s Conference and The Valley. She recently retired from teaching at California State University at Channel Islands where she included poetry and storytelling in her classes. Her poetry ms. Appointment with Worry was a finalist for the Inlandia Institute Hillary Gravendyk Prize.You can find more information at: https://www.claudiareder.com/ and https://yetzirahpoets.org/jewish-poets-database/