A Mayse-Bikhl

A collection of twenty Jewish-themed poems of the fantastic by Sonya Taaffe. The poems were curated with the help of Rose Lemberg, and include an introduction by Jeannelle M. Ferreira, which begins: “Here are almost a decade’s worth of poems, curated by the author and Rose Lemberg. They tap an abiding cultural well; they are folk tales, mermaid-mayses, they are the richly hued wares of those who have traded in small, bright, enduring objects for a thousand years.” 32 pages. The cover image is by A. Glixman and is of the Torah scrolls in England that had been rescued from Eastern Europe during World War II. The photograph was taken in 1969 when the scrolls were being restored by the Westminster Synagogue.