A poetic meditation on language intertwined with personal history, memory and tradition. The poet searches for a place to call home “in between words of many tongues.” A Selection from the book: Maybe just vowels Why risk a glance…
An Interview with Vera Schwarcz, Author of In the Crook of the Rock
Our latest interview is with Vera Schwarcz, author of In the Crook of the Rock: Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad — The Chaya Leah Walkin Story. Focusing upon the life of Chaya Walkin—one little girl from a distinguished…
(New Book) In the Crook of the Rock
IN THE CROOK OF THE ROCK Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad The Chaya Leah Walkin Story VERA SCHWARCZ Series: Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society ISBN: 9781618117861 Publication Date: March 2018 Extent: 400 pp.; 18 illus. Price: $34.00…
Ancestral Intelligence: Renditions & Poems [Vimeo Video]
Ancestral Intelligence: Renditions & Poems from ChinaFile on Vimeo. In Ancestral Intelligence, Vera Schwarcz has added a forceful and fascinating work to her ever-growing list of publications depicting the cultural landscape of contemporary China. Here, she has created stunning “renditions”…
New Poetry Book out: The Physics of Wrinkle Formation
Please check the link here for information on my new poetry collection The Physics of Wrinkle Formation. Here are some poems from the collection: MEIOSIS The sex life of the single cell was your early passion. Electron microscopes made possible…
Check out my new book! Colors of Veracity
In Colors of Veracity, Vera Schwarcz condenses four decades of teaching and scholarship about China to raise fundamental questions about the nature of truth and history. In clear and vivid prose, she addresses contemporary moral dilemmas with a highly personal…
New book finally out! Colors of Veracity: A Quest for Truth in China and Beyond
In Colors of Veracity, Vera Schwarcz condenses four decades of teaching and scholarship about China to raise fundamental questions about the nature of truth and history. In clear and vivid prose, she addresses contemporary moral dilemmas with a highly personal…
Article on AMI
We sit on floor mats in a Japanese tearoom, two middle-aged Jewish ladies, demurely sipping our green tea from little bowls. Though it is winter, we discuss the landscaping of the Japanese garden just outside the wide glass doors –…
Review of Chisel of Remembrance
A Small Still Voice in the Face of a Shattered World Vera Schwarcz. Chisel of Remembrance: Poems. Simsbury, Connecticut. Antrim House. 2009. ix + 76 pages. $16. ISBN 978-0-9817883-2-6 Vera Schwarcz is a historian and poet of Jewish origin, who…
Impressions of China Poetry Reading (Video)
Poetry Reading at the Chinese Institute in remembrance of her years in China.