Author Archives: Shira Dentz

Some of the best inspiration for creating art comes from other pieces of art. When an artist creates a work and sends it out into the world, it’s up to the viewer to interpret it, to make meaning out of … Continue reading →

by Kristina Marie Darling in American Literary Review: “…what I find most impressive about Dentz’s book is her stylistic precision, as even the smallest technical choices within her work have social, political, and ethical implications.” http://www.americanliteraryreview.com/shira-dentz—door-of-thin-skins—reviewed-by-kristina-marie-darling.html

3pm The Low Beat 335 Central Avenue, Albany NY 12206 Pine Hills Review Sunday Funday Reading Series – See more at: http://pinehillsreview.strose.edu/events/#sthash.gbqI805H.dpuf

door of thin skins is short-listed for Utah’s 13 Bytes Ma1gazine‘s poetry book prize: “In Dentz’s fever dream of abuse in a patient/doctor relationship, the typographical and prose poetry mirrors the disintegration of the confused mind of the patient in … Continue reading →

by Aviya Kushner in Salamander

is reviewed in Chronogram‘s annual poetry roundup in its June 2014 issue here.  The lineup of poets and books are: Celia Bland/Dianne Kornberg – Madonna Comix (William James) Shira Dentz – door of thin skins (CavanKerry) Sarah Heady – Niagara … Continue reading →

in Upstate NY: Woodstock’s Kleinert James Art Center, NY, June 28 at 6PM Writers Read, Good Purpose Gallery, 40 Main Street, Lee, MA, June 26 at 6PM Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY, with Suzanne Parker, June 4 at 7:30PM Community … Continue reading →

reviewed by Danielle Cadenza Deulen in The Georgia Review

Part of National Poetry Month Russell Sage College (Part Reading + Community Share + Part Q&A) April 1, 7PM, Meader Little Theater, Free & Open to the Public Panel includes: Shira Dentz faculty at RPI, editor for Drunken Boat Dan … Continue reading →