Poetry. California Interest. Jewish Studies. Women's Studies. Art. "Chana Bloch is an absolutely essential poet, with a breathtaking gift for spanning, linking and leaping—unforgettable image
Chana Bloch’s newest poetry collection, The Moon is Almost Full, focuses frankly and tenderly on the themes of aging and death. Bloch doesn’t shy away from the dark places, but she was a trustworthy g
The poems in Mrs. Dumpty are about “a great fall,” the dissolution of a long and loving marriage, but they are not simply documentary or elegiac. What interests Chana Bloch is the inner life: how we a
