Judith Zukerman photo
photo by Betty Kaufman

CONTACT

jzukerman7@earthlink.net

P.O. Box 5442
Madison, WI 53705-0442
(608) 238-2568
1-800-484-3485 ext. 8990

Available for Statewide Travel

jzukerman.com

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Judith Zukerman
Madison, Wisconsin

BIO

Judith Zukerman, Chicago native and long time Wisconsin resident, enjoys returning to places she loves by writing poems.

Judith grew up in a three-generation household where oral storytelling was a part of life along with a deep love and reverence for books. She loved making up stories, and formally entered a writer's world as she approached her jubilee year, her 50th birthday, bringing the richness of a life fully lived. Five major influences were her work experiences - her social activism, her deep connection to Judaism, to feminism, and living in other countries for three years. Working to become fluent in three languages other than English, and connecting to the poetry and literature of poets and writers in five languages other than English has deepened her own love of language, and shown her the unique beauty of each language, and its connection to the culture and people who use it.

Recent involvement with poetry includes publication in the Wisconsin Poets' Calendar 2005, placement as a semi-finalist in the New Millennium Awards Contest and the Discovery/Nation Poetry Contest. Judith has done readings on Mind's Eye Radio Collective programs on themes of romance, reality, music, exotic places, and aging. She has performed her poetry at the Overture Center Performance Arts opening. Her writing was enriched by a Norcroft Writer's Residency in 2004.

Earlier writing appeared in Calliope, Free Verse, Grace, Neovictorian Cochlea and Peninsula Pulse.

PUBLICATIONS

Amsterdam Days , chapbook - $10.00 plus shipping $1.80, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax
Amsterdam Days, CD - $10.00 plus shipping $1.80, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax

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BOOKINGS

2008

January
Participant January 26 between 2:00-3:00 in the Woodland Pattern Bookstore Poetry Marathon in Milwaukee

March
Participant March 1st at the Madison Reads Leopold event at the UW-Madison Arboretum Visitor Center in Madison and on March 7th on the Mind's Eye Radio program "The Writing Life"

May
Participant May 1st at 6:30 PM in the 15th Anniversary Showcase Celebration at Redbird Studio in Milwaukee
www.redbirdstudio.com

    POEM

AURORA

Daughter of a nation clothed in black
only her Muslim face unfettered in early light
she bobs and brakes on her bicycle in Amsterdam traffic
darting between family, tradition and new ways.

Unseen by her Dutch neighbors
she sits and darns, her thoughts soar
like the gulls outside her window
her brilliance eclipsed in a school full of immigrants

masked by society's names.
Black immigrant girl,
Aurora dreams -
Black cap and gown University.

Judith Zukerman

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