Author : Meghan Sterling
Publisher : Small Harbor Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781957248158
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Self-Portrait with Ghosts of the Diaspora by : Meghan Sterling
Download or read book Self-Portrait with Ghosts of the Diaspora written by Meghan Sterling and published by Small Harbor Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we honor our dead and remember where we come from? Self-Portrait with Ghosts of the Diaspora is a memorial and a map, a pile of stones on the graves of Meghan Sterling's Jewish ancestors. A testament to what is said and what is unsaid, these poems are woven with bits of stories she overheard or invented as a child. Self-Portrait with Ghosts of the Diaspora braids poems detailing Sterling's life in modern-day America as a secular Jew raising her daughter, named after her beloved grandmother, with poems of her great-grandparents' and grandparents' experiences navigating a new country after fleeing wars across the ocean. In this collection, Sterling offers a glimpse into a fading history.