Kathy Engel, poet, has worked for forty years at the nexus between social justice movements and art/imagination. Her books include Ruth’s Skirts, poems and prose, We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon, co- edited with Kamal Boullata, The Kitchen with art by German Perez, and the chapbook, Banish The Tentative. Her newest book, The Lost Brother Alphabet, was published by Get Fresh Books, 2020. Kathy founded with a group of women in 1983, and became the first director of the international women’s human rights group, MADRE. She is also co- founder, producer, and consultant for numerous projects, campaigns, organizations. She works as Associate Arts Professor in the Department of Art & Public Policy, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. She is a 2020 Pushcart nominee. The mother of two amazing daughters, she lives in Sagaponack, New York, with her partner, the artist educator Jonathan Snow.

www.kathyengelpoet.com

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"The Lost Brother Alphabet" available at:

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https://momeggreview.com/2021/04/02/the-lost-brother-alphabet-by-kathy-engel/

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To Kneel

https://portside.org/2019-06-28/falling

http://lalela.place/2020/08/11/a-retreat-in-collaborative-poetics/

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