Afikomen presents: A Speaker is a Wilderness: Book Release Party

Name: Afikomen presents: A Speaker is a Wilderness: Book Release Party
Start: 2024-06-26T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-06-26T21:00:00-07:00
Location: Afikomen Judaica

Schedule

Wed Jun 26 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Afikomen Judaica | Berkeley, CA

Join us at Afikomen Judaica and meet the author, as we celebrate Anna Goodman Herrick's new book of poetry about generational healing towards collective liberation, and hear from her new book. Enjoy live music, poetry reading, light bites, and desert!
More info and free tickets at eventbrite.com/e/a-speaker-is-a-wilderness-poetry-book-release-party-tickets-910015870967
"Anna Goodman Herrick is a rising star, a poet, and a bard well beyond her years in wisdom and vision. Her book A Speaker Is a Wilderness brings tears of recognition and awe to my eyes every time I open it." - Rabbi Dr. Tirzah Firestone, author of Wounds into Wisdom
Wednesday June 26, 2024
7:00pm Doors Open & Live Music. Please arrive early, space is limited.
7:30pm - 9:00pm Main Event Book signing and light reception to follow.
Click here to pre-order the book from Afikomen Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-speaker-is-a-wilderness-poems-on-the-sacred-path-from-brokenness-to-wholeness/20238079?aid=5444&ean=9781958972373&listref=new-noteworthy-books
Books will be available at the event for purchase and signing.
This in-person event promises to be a night of inspiration and community. Don't miss out on this special opportunity to connect. See you there!
More:
Anna Goodman Herrick (Oprah Winfrey Network, Emily Dickinson Museum) weaves Jewish sacred texts, mysticism, human rights, and a modern voice of radical love, taking readers on a path of healing from brokenness to wholeness.
About the Author
Anna Goodman Herrick works at the intersection of spirituality, sacred words, and human rights. She has read her poetry across the U.S., including at the Emily Dickinson Museum's Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series, presenting "contemporary creativity that echoes Dickinson's own revolutionary poetic voice." She has performed at the El Paso border for Artist Uprising with V (formerly Eve Ensler), Bloomsday on Broadway and Radio Bloomsday, and at the Theopoetics Conference. She has created work for Sony, ABC Family, Oprah Winfrey Network, and MTV and shared her work at the Library of Congress, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and in film, stage, museums and galleries nationwide. For more information visit: annagoodmanherrick.com • Instagram @annagoodmanherrick .