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PRESS & PRAISE

“Listening to Anna Goodman Herrick read a poem made the hair on my arm stand up. I wonder if we could measure the effects of good poetry on electrodermal activity.”
—Timothy Green, Editor, Rattle Magazine

“Anna revels in beauty and sacredness, a testament to defiantly vowing to not live in fear. She writes of a new beginning, informed by tragedy but refusing to be defined by it: ‘We opened/ the windows of ourselves, sent the night out searching/ for our collective liberation like a raven/ for the end of the flood.’”

— Kara Lewis, Write Poetry

PRESS & PRAISE FOR A SPEAKER IS A WILDERNESS BY ANNA GOODMAN HERRICK

“This is a powerful new volume of poetry from a fierce, feminist perspective.”
— Broad Street Review, The Best Books I’ve Read So Far, editor’s picks

“Performer, filmmaker, and poet Anna Goodman Herrick brings to her collection a deep knowledge and a bold, imaginative palette. Her poems affirm and celebrate our power to reimagine ourselves and the world.”
— Stephanie Barbé Hammer, Jewish Book Council review

A book article titled '12 Books I Can't Wait to Read' from PureWow, written by Sarah Stiefvater, features a woman with pink hair and a nose ring, a woman lying on the beach reading a book, and a pink book cover titled 'A Speaker is a Wilderness' by Anna Goodman Herrick.
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Leading wellness site Medical News Today interviews Anna Goodman Herrick, author of A Speaker is a Wilderness, on how Anna’s poetry heals.

A paragraph of text discussing Jewish poetry by Jewish women, highlighting its diversity and its role in offering hope and healing through new poetry collections.
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Four books laid out on grass. Top left: 'Wilderness' by Anna Goodman Herrick with a pink cover and yellow text. Top right: 'Becoming Gandhi' by Perry Garfinkel with a blue and white cover. Bottom left: 'Toxic Water Toxic System' with a peach and pink cover. Bottom right: a yellow notepad with handwritten text 'Things I want back from you'.

BERKELEYSIDE recommends
Anna Goodman Herrick's A Speaker is a Wilderness

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A text excerpt praising the poetry book 'A Wilderness' by Anna Goodman Herrick and explaining how her writing feels relatable and beautifully crafted.

Pie Lady Books(As seen on Good Morning America and The Today Show) recommends A Speaker is a Wilderness.

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Cover images of six books arranged on a pink background. The books are titled "Tashlikh," "The Holy & Broken Bliss," "Unalone," "A Speaker Is a Wilderness," "Family," and "The New Life."
Text excerpt discussing poet Anna Goodman Herrick, her recent collection, and themes of intergenerational trauma and healing through poetry.