Reading the White Spaces

by Ruth D. Handel

$14, paper

Ruth D. Handel is a poet, writer and teacher. She is the author ofTugboat Warrior(Dos Madres Press, 2013) andReading The White Spaces(Finishing Line Press, 2009). Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies includingCommon Ground Review, Westchester Review, en(compass), The Jewish Womens Literary Annual, Let The Poets Speak, Controlled Burn, Clockwise Cat, Contemporary Hiabun Online, Evening Street Review,and the award-winningA Slant of Light: Women Poets of the Hudson Valley(Codhill Press, 2013). Ruth teaches poetry courses and workshops in poetry writing, gives poetry performances, and manages the Poetry Caravan, a volunteer organization of 30 poets who bring poetry to the community.

In her professional career, Ruth developed the field of family literacy; her academic publications includeBuilding Family Literacy in an Urban Community(Teachers College Press, 1999). She is professor emerita, Montclair State University, where she taught literature and literacy and integrated poetry into the teacher education curriculum.