Hanoch Guy & Lisa Grunberger

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub

1214 Sansom Street.

Wednesday July 30, 2014 – 7pm

Hanoch Guy & Lisa Grunberger

Hanoch Guy is a bilingual poet in Hebrew and English, and an Emeritus professor at Temple University. His latest book is Sirroco and Scorpions: Poems of Israel and Palestine. Hanoch’s English poetry has been published in Genre, Poetry Newsletter, Tracks, The International Journal of Genocide Studies, and several times in Poetica, where he won an award. His poems have also been published in Poetry Motel, Visions International, and other magazines.

Lisa Grunberger is the author of two books – a poetry book, Born Knowing (Finishing Line Press, 2012) and Yiddish Yoga: Ruthy’s Adventures in Love, Loss and the Lotus Pose (Harpercollins, 2009) which she is currently adapting as a musical theatre piece. She is a widely published poet in such journals as Mudfish, The Drunken Boat, Bridges, Philadelphia Poets, Paroles des Jours, Dialogi, one of the principle Slovenian journals of literature and culture. In addition to being the Arts and Culture Editor at the Philadelphia Jewish Voice, she is an Assistant Professor in English at Temple University.   She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter