My short story, “Girl’s Night Out,” is just up on Zeek. The fictionalized version of a terrifying event in a Berkeley park, “Girl’s Night Out” is a wild ride through a lesbian break-up, a Jewish/Feminist spirituality and redemption. Here’s the link: http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117199/ Let me know what you think – or, leave a comment!
Women’s Voices airs every Monday night at 7pm on KZYX&Z, 88.1, 90.7 & 91.5 FM, the public broadcasting, radio station of Mendocino County, with access to our surrounding counties. Its programming and operational philophy is controlled by its membership, which is open to all. Listen to my interview here.
“A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities” San Francisco Bay Press, Virginia/San Francisco: 2009
In her second full-length poetry collection, Joan Gelfand explores the poignancy of living in a world that is war-torn and environmentally damaged. With a nod to the humorous paradox of modern life, Gelfand writes from the vantage point of a mother, an artist, and a Zen meditator. “A Dreamer’s Guide…” looks beyond the surface of our lives at the connections that make live worth living, and the sensual details that color it. Read More
Seeking Center: A Collection of Poems by Joan Gelfand, Two Bridges Press, Richmond CA: 2006
In Seeking Center, Joan Gelfand joins the reader in a free-wheeling discussion, beyond the poems themselves, regarding what is poetry today, here at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Read More