Writing Towards Hope: Literature, Art, and the Struggle for Human Rights

IN THIS ISSUE

Guest Editor’s Note
by Marjorie Agosín

Recommended Reading

Resources and Links

Part 1

Women in Exile: Searching for the Sources of the Self
by Mahnaz Afkhami

“Illiterate Heart” and “Spring Already”
Poems by Meena Alexander

Zone of Radical Illiteracy: Poem Out of Place
an essay by Meena Alexander

Performance: Creating a Forum for Memory and Change
an essay and performance by Judy Dworin

Part 2

Miriam
a poem by Marjorie Agosín

Traveling Valise
a poem by Marjorie Agosín

That Jewish Crusader
a poem by Diana Anhalt

Survivals
a poem by Ruth Behar

The Jewish Cemetary in Guanabacoa*
a poem by Ruth Behar