Poetry. Sabrina Orah Mark follows up her critically acclaimed debut, THE BABIES, winner of the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize in 2004 chosen by Jane Miller, with a second collection, TSIM TSUM, centered on two characters, Walter B. and Beatrice, first introduced in THE BABIES. Unbeknownst to them they have come into being under the laws of TSIM TSUM, a Kabbalistic claim that a being cannot become, or come into existence, unless the creator of that being departs from that being. Along their journey they encounter many beguiling characters including The Healer, The Collector, Walter B.'s Extraordinary Cousin, and the Oldest Animal. These figures bewilder and dislodge what is at the heart of the immigrant experience: survival, testimony, and belonging.

Author Hometown: ATHENS, GA USA



About the author: Sabrina Orah Mark has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Glenn Schaeffer Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts. She is the author of TSIM TSUM and THE BABIES, both from Saturnalia Books. Her poetry has appeared in many journals and in the anthologies, Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century and The Best American Poetry 2007.

Reviews:
http://www.sabrinaorahmark.com/
http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2010_02/february2010_book_reviews.htm#Tsim_Tsum
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