Anything You Don't See

by Enid Dame

Poetry." A new book of poems by the indomitable Enid Dame is joyous news. I know of no writer who so vividly brings to life the reality of our Jewish parents - from Brooklyn and the Bronx all the way back to Adam and Eve. And I know of none so deft at alchemizing laughter out of suffering. Reading this book is like putting your palm, late in the afternoon to 'a brick wall/ still holding in the sun'" -Alicia Ostriker.

51 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Enid Dame was an American poet, fiction writer, teacher, editor, and publisher. Dame's poems explored themes of urban life, Jewish history and identity, and political activism. She examined contemporary women's lives in persona poems that take on the voice of Eve, Lilith, or other woman from Jewish tradition. These poems often locate a kernel of feminist rebellion in familiar Biblical stories.