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Irena Klepfisz

Author of The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology

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Works by Irena Klepfisz

The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology (1986) — Contributor; Editor — 163 copies

A few words in the mother tongue : poems selected and new (1971-1990) (1990) 52 copies

Dreams of an Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays, Speeches and Diatribes (1993) 50 copies

Keeper of accounts (1982) 19 copies, 1 review

Jewish Women's Call for Peace: A Handbook for Jewish Women on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict (Firebrand Sparks,… (1990) 12 copies

Different Enclosures (1985) 11 copies

Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021 (2022) 6 copies

Periods of Stress (1977) 5 copies

Annual Gathering Commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 75th Anniversary, April 19, 2018 1 copy

Associated Works

Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 457 copies, 1 review

Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness (1993) — Contributor — 346 copies, 2 reviews

No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 218 copies, 3 reviews

Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) (1988) — Contributor — 181 copies, 1 review

Poems from the Women's Movement (2009) — Contributor — 110 copies, 2 reviews

My Lover Is a Woman (1996) — Contributor — 93 copies, 1 review

Found Treasures: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers (1994) — Introduction — 90 copies, 3 reviews

Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003) — Contributor — 79 copies, 1 review

Sinister Wisdom 33: Wisdom (1987) — Editor — 23 copies

Sinister Wisdom 43/44: The 15th Anniversary Retrospective (1991) — Editor; Contributor — 20 copies

Sinister Wisdom 32: Death, Healing, Mourning, and Illness (1987) — Editor — 13 copies

Sinister Wisdom 36: Surviving Psychiatric Assault & Creating Emotional Well-Being in Our Communities (1988) — Editor — 13 copies

Sinister Wisdom 45: Lesbians & Class (1991) — Editor — 13 copies

Sinister Wisdom 48: Lesbian Resistance (1992) — Editor; Contributor — 12 copies

Sinister Wisdom 46: Dyke Lives (1992) — Editor — 11 copies

Sinister Wisdom 34: Special Issue on Lesbian Visions, Fantasy, Sci-Fi (1988) — Editor — 9 copies

Sinister Wisdom 21 (1982) — Contributor — 9 copies

Sinister Wisdom 42: Lesbian Voices (1990) — Editor — 8 copies

Sinister Wisdom 27 (1984) — Contributor; Contributor — 7 copies

Sinister Wisdom 31 (1987) — Editor — 7 copies

Sinister Wisdom 37: With an Emphasis on Lesbian Theory (1989) — Editor — 7 copies

Sinister Wisdom 39: On Disability (1989) — Editor — 7 copies

Sinister Wisdom 40: On Friendship (1990) — Contributor — 7 copies

Sinister Wisdom 17 (1981) — Contributor — 6 copies

Sinister Wisdom 38: With an Emphasis on Lesbian Relationships (1989) — Editor — 5 copies

Sinister Wisdom 28 (1985) — Editor; Contributor — 4 copies

Sinister Wisdom 13 (1980) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1941-04-17
Gender: female
Nationality: Poland (birth)
USA (passport)
Education: University of Chicago (PhD - English)
City University of New York (BA, City College)
Occupations: professor (English Literature)
poet
translator
Organizations: Barnard College

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Keeper of accounts by Irena Klepfisz

http://redhibiscus05.blogspot.com/2005/12/irena-klepfisz-keeper-of-accounts.html

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Lambda Literary Award

A few words in the mother tongue : poems selected and new (1971-1990) (Nominee – Lesbian Poetry – 1990)

National Jewish Book Award

Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021 (Finalist – Poetry – 2022)

Publishing Triangle Awards

Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021 (Finalist – Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry – 2023)

500 Great Books by Women

Dreams of an Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays, Speeches and Diatribes (Ways of Knowing)

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Works: 9
Also by: 27
Members: 319
Popularity: #74,135
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 12

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