The magazine Jewish Currents has accepted two of my poems. "A Day Off" was published in its Jewish New Year Supplement in September 2017. The themes of this supplement are “Jewish Currents Goes to Heaven/Jewish Currents Goes to Hell." The other poem, "Eden," will appear in a future issue of Jewish Currents." I am pleased to have poems in this journal because the editor selects high quality literature for issues.
Mindy McGinnis interviewed me about my books and advice for writers for her website Writer Writer Pants on Fire. Here is the interview, which was posted on May 23, 2017. Janet Ruth Heller on Querying Publishers Today's guest for the SAT (Successful Author Talk) is Janet Ruth Heller. Janet is a poet, literary critic, college professor, essayist, playwright, and fiction writer. She is a past president of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, and is currently president of the Michigan College English Association. She has a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago, and has published three books of poetry: Exodus (WordTech Communications, 2014), Folk Concert: Changing Times (Anaphora Literary Press, 2012), and Traffic Stop (Finishing Line Press, 2011). She is the founding mother and former editor of Primavera, a literary magazine. Primavera has won awards from Chicago Women in Publishing and the Illinois Arts Council and grants from the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines and the National Endowment for the Arts. Primavera was among the first journals to…