Playing For Keeps: Poetry and Musings of a Queer Jew

Heartfelt expressions of love, friendship, loss, aging, and the erotic, written from the perspective of a Queer Jew. At once folksy and intellectually engaging, the verses lure the reader into the poet’s search for self-definition and authenticity in a world rife with denial. Be transported from a popular gay cruising spot in Jerusalem to a Rikers Island jail. Visit a class in Talmudic study and a New York City bathhouse. Find new meaning in Rome’s Arch of Titus and learn of a Nazi concentration camp where the inmates risk their lives to celebrate Hanukkah. Experience the defiance of a drag queen confronting queerphobia, the joys of coming out, and the bittersweet nature of growing older as a Queer male. —- ISBN: 9798343212259 | ISBN10: B0DT7N3WFK | ISBN-13: 979-8343212259