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The latest entry on my blog is a wonderful guest post from poet Tim Hunt, "What the Poem Gives Us Through Writing It." Tim talks about William Stafford's gorgeous poem "Traveling Through the Dark." zackrogow.blogspot.com/2024/07/tim-hu…

We're delighted Zack Rogow will read at our Summer Salon, Aug. 1. "This is a moving story of grief, genius, and laughter, beautifully told.” says US Poet Laureate Robert Pinksy of HUGGING MY FATHER'S GHOST. The event is free, but you must register. tinyurl.com/wtawvs

The latest post on my blog is an interview with award-winning fiction writer Molly Giles about her engaging and moving memoir, Life Span. WTAW Press Peg Alford Pursell @margredwhite zackrogow.blogspot.com/2024/08/interv…

This might be the most fun reading I've ever done! Aug. 24, I jammed with extraordinary violinist Nigel Armstrong, alternating my one-line poems with his improvisations. Thanks to Christos Vayenas and Audrey Vardanega of @musaicsofthebay for hosting. vimeo.com/1002605001/e4f…

I'll be discussing my memoir about my writer dad on Sunday, Sept. 8 @ 2pm at the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco. Please tell Bay Area family and friends. jewishcommunitylibrary.org/events-listing…

The website shepherd.com asked me to pick my three favorite books that I read in 2024 (not necessarily published this year). shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/za…

The my latest blog features delicious quotes from George Eliot’s masterpiece, Middlemarch, and reflections on how 19th century novelists stepped away from the narrative to offer general thoughts on human nature and experience. zackrogow.blogspot.com/2024/11/delici…

Thanks to the editors of Dulcet Literary Magazine for including my poem "A Friendship in Bohemia" in their latest issue, and for interviewing me about the poem. The poem is on pages 63-64: dulcetlitmag.com/issues and the interview is here: dulcetlitmag.com/zack-rogow

Thanks to the editors of the Literary Hatchet for publishing an excerpt from my memoir, Hugging My Father's Ghost, where I rewrite one of my dad's short stories, and "discuss" my edits with my too-long deceased father. lizzieandrewborden.com/HatchetOnline/…

Latest blog post: The Problem of the Unsympathetic Main Character. ”Stories allow us to empathize... Empathy is not only a fundamental human trait, it’s also a pleasure. When a writer denies that to readers, they feel thwarted and even neglected.’’ zackrogow.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-pr…

Jerome Rothenberg, poet, translator, and anthologist, passed away earlier this year. Poet Michael Palmer gave a moving elegy that I’ve now posted on my blog. zackrogow.blogspot.com/2024/12/tribut…

I'm honored to be in the anthology In the Footsteps of a Shadow: North American Literary Responses to Fernando Pessoa. Pessoa was fascinating, publishing under 70 different identities who sometimes criticized one another's work. madhat-press.com/products/in-th…

The most recent post on my blog is about the braided poem, a type of verse that twines together disparate strands of narrative and imagery in a metaphoric connection. zackrogow.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-br…

On this day of razor ironies, when Trump is sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I think of the words of Dr. King: "How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever...How long? Not long, Because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

The latest post on my blog is about the power and shades of meaning of a single word. It's a charming and thoughtful meditation on the word "Yes" by the Italian writer Federico Roncoroni. zackrogow.blogspot.com/2025/02/yesthe…

Friends living in or visiting the Portland, Oregon area: my cousin Pamela Fedderson is having a show of her wonderful artwork at the Guardino Gallery from February 27 to March 23. I hope you can stop by. The reception is February 27.

Please join me March 3 at 7:30 pm at the Hillside Club in Berkeley CA when a panel of memoirists will discuss our recent books. The other panelists: Summer Brenner, John L John Harris, and Nina Renata Aron . hillsideclub.org/firesidemeeting

The latest post on my blog is an interview with the wonderful poet Joan Larkin about her new collection, Old Stranger. zackrogow.blogspot.com/2025/03/interv…

Many thanks to Aaron Berkowitz and JewishLitJournal for publishing my short story "A Good Find." It's a grown-up fairy tale about a feisty old man who finds a magical book in a Little Free Library. Little Free Library® jewishliteraryjournal.com/fiction/a-good…

Please join me for Jewish Women Writers of Argentina May 4 @ 2pm as part of the @jewishartsbookfest themagnes in Berkeley CA. Featured are: poet Irene Gruss & fiction writers Liliana Heker and Ana Ana María Shua. Organized by the Yiddish Theatre Ensemble.