Rise Up Review
Deborah Kahan Kolb is a writer/dancer/educator living in New York. Much of her poetry reflects the unique experiences and challenges of growing up in, and ultimately leaving, the insular world of Hasidic Judaism. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetica, Voices Israel, Veils, Halos & Shackles (an international poetry anthology on the oppression and empowerment of women), New Verse News, Tuck, Literary Mama, Poets Reading the News, 3Elements Review, and Writers Resist. Her poetry won the James E. Tobin Award at Queens College and was selected as a finalist for the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award. Deborah's debut collection, Windows and a Looking Glass (Finishing Line Press, 2017) was a finalist for the 2016 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition. When she's not writing or submitting poetry, Deborah can probably be found dancing bhangra or samba. www.deborahkahankolb.com. (This poem first appeared in New Verse News.)
