Julie R. Enszer

2 weeks ago | mississippifreepress.org | Dustin Cardon |Julie R. Enszer

In 1993, Wanda and Brenda Henson wanted to continue organizing their small weekend music festival, which gathered between 200 and 300 women in the South. A vibrant collection of women’s music festivals was operating around the country in Michigan, Indiana and Delaware, but that was a long drive from Mississippi, Alabama or Louisiana.

Nov 9, 2024 | deepsouthmag.com | Julie R. Enszer |Haley Roberts

The literary community mourns today the loss of Dorothy Allison—a beacon of light, grit and feminine determination. Allison’s novels Bastard Out of Carolina, Trash, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, Skin and Cavedweller taught the world about Southern and queer identity, abuse and feminism. She was a trailblazer, known for weaving the written word into powerful lessons that proved that we are not defined by where we come from, but rather by what we are made of. Poet Julie R.

Jun 18, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Julie R. Enszer

Review By – June 18, 2024 Dr. Sara Glass begins her mem­oir by relat­ing a mem­o­ry: she and her friend Das­sa, who ​“on the out­side” looked like ​“the oth­er col­lege-aged Ortho­dox Jew­ish young women in Bor­ough Park,” fell in love with each oth­er as they par­tic­i­pat­ed in the shid­duch process. Glass writes with ten­der­ness, great care, and affec­tion. She ren­ders the ear­ly sto­ry of her rela­tion­ship with Das­sa beau­ti­ful­ly.

May 24, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Julie R. Enszer

Review By – May 24, 2024 Set in the Nether­lands in 1961, The Safe­keep opens with the pro­tag­o­nist, Isabel, try­ing to con­vince her broth­er, Hen­drik, that Neelke the maid might be steal­ing. Isabel lives alone in the fam­i­ly house. Their moth­er has died, and the house, owned by their uncle, is intend­ed for Louis, the old­est broth­er, when he mar­ries.

Mar 11, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Julie R. Enszer

Jes­si­ca Jacobs’s third poet­ry col­lec­tion, unalone, mines Gen­e­sis to cre­ate an extra­or­di­nary poet­ry col­lec­tion informed by the Torah and in con­ver­sa­tion with con­tem­po­rary life. In this inter­view, Jacobs dis­cuss­es how she made these poems, being child­free, writ­ing with the ances­tors, and found­ing Yet­zi­rah, a com­mu­ni­ty for Jew­ish poets. Julie R. Ensz­er: Con­grat­u­la­tions on this new book! Can you talk a bit about how the idea of this book began?