Yosefa Raz is an Israeli-American poet and UC Davis graduate who impresses audiences with the sensitivity and international flavor of her poetry. Raz has published poetry, fiction and translations in Glimmer Train, ZYZZYVA, Tikkun Magazine, Lilith, Bridges and Zeek. Her full length poetry book, In Exchange for a Homeland, was published in 2004 by Swan Scythe Press in Davis. She has been an editor for Bridges: A Feminist Journal, and is currently the poetry editor for Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought & Culture. Originally from Jerusalem, Yosefa Raz currently divides her time between Tel Aviv and Berkeley, where she is working on a PhD in Hebrew Literature.
For more information about Yosefa Raz and samples of her writing, visit her blog at www.yosefaraz.blogspot.com.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list.
Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.
