Dear all: Please find below a bio provided by poet Kim Roberts of Myra Sklarew, who passed away recently. Myra was an important poet and a beloved friend and mentor to many.
Attendees of the 2015 AJL Jubilee Conference held in Silver Spring, Md. and Washington, D.C. may recall that Myra participated in the "Jewish Poetry Reading by Washington, D.C. Area Poets" (Monday, June 22, 2015). Honor to Myra's memory and deepest condolences to all of Myra's friends, family, colleagues, mentees, and students. All my best, Yermiyahu Ahron ============================================================== Myra Sklarew (December 18, 1934 - December 30, 2024) Myra Sklarew moved to DC in 1961 and taught at American University <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/AmericanUniversity?__cft__*5B0*5D=AZWXHli0ymj98fCoGNNbzlZ58JeJ6mbXZSbCrPvZzblIxg3MD27-RYkakkwDhpd3gDsif1KFmsikgH92Jv3Uon4jNoJCw_iVrX0lD7IVodmlF9oxUWY7FKdxq9NAm3OTMfFkSDAN4fyaMawFZGgyRgEDK2rokWB90C2TWzOuc9Limg&__tn__=-*5DK-R__;JSUl!!KGKeukY!2SxHvw2RP6fx98oCEK6O55U1uGs6bk1-Al7H7AoXprg4IYe90JGSGEzi5fQzP7ftO5EclshfPvs1bB-d-exKNCoDirstwRnvN7G9aqFpANE$ > from 1970 until her retirement in 2007, where, among other achievements, she founded their MFA program and served as chair of the literature department. From 1987 to 1991, she interrupted her teaching career to serve as president of Yaddo <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/yaddocommunity?__cft__*5B0*5D=AZWXHli0ymj98fCoGNNbzlZ58JeJ6mbXZSbCrPvZzblIxg3MD27-RYkakkwDhpd3gDsif1KFmsikgH92Jv3Uon4jNoJCw_iVrX0lD7IVodmlF9oxUWY7FKdxq9NAm3OTMfFkSDAN4fyaMawFZGgyRgEDK2rokWB90C2TWzOuc9Limg&__tn__=-*5DK-R__;JSUl!!KGKeukY!2SxHvw2RP6fx98oCEK6O55U1uGs6bk1-Al7H7AoXprg4IYe90JGSGEzi5fQzP7ftO5EclshfPvs1bB-d-exKNCoDirstwRnvN7G9VZ6maP8$ >, an artist colony in Saratoga, New York. Sklarew is the author of fourteen books of poems, as well as fiction and nonfiction; her books include: Harmless (2010); Lithuania (1995), Altamira (1987), and From the Backyard of the Diaspora (1981, winner of the National Jewish Book Council Award in Poetry). Sklarew worked as a biologist early in her career, working at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/cshlnews?__cft__*5B0*5D=AZWXHli0ymj98fCoGNNbzlZ58JeJ6mbXZSbCrPvZzblIxg3MD27-RYkakkwDhpd3gDsif1KFmsikgH92Jv3Uon4jNoJCw_iVrX0lD7IVodmlF9oxUWY7FKdxq9NAm3OTMfFkSDAN4fyaMawFZGgyRgEDK2rokWB90C2TWzOuc9Limg&__tn__=-*5DK-R__;JSUl!!KGKeukY!2SxHvw2RP6fx98oCEK6O55U1uGs6bk1-Al7H7AoXprg4IYe90JGSGEzi5fQzP7ftO5EclshfPvs1bB-d-exKNCoDirstwRnvN7G9W6QGjWA$ > and the Department of Neurophysiology at Yale University School of Medicine. Her honors include the Scholar/Teacher Award from American University, a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, the Anna David Rosenberg Award from the Judah Magnes Museum, and the Di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/poetrysociety?__cft__*5B0*5D=AZWXHli0ymj98fCoGNNbzlZ58JeJ6mbXZSbCrPvZzblIxg3MD27-RYkakkwDhpd3gDsif1KFmsikgH92Jv3Uon4jNoJCw_iVrX0lD7IVodmlF9oxUWY7FKdxq9NAm3OTMfFkSDAN4fyaMawFZGgyRgEDK2rokWB90C2TWzOuc9Limg&__tn__=-*5DK-R__;JSUl!!KGKeukY!2SxHvw2RP6fx98oCEK6O55U1uGs6bk1-Al7H7AoXprg4IYe90JGSGEzi5fQzP7ftO5EclshfPvs1bB-d-exKNCoDirstwRnvN7G92kHXfuI$ >. She also served on the advisory boards of Furious Flower Poetry Center <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/FuriousFlower?__cft__*5B0*5D=AZWXHli0ymj98fCoGNNbzlZ58JeJ6mbXZSbCrPvZzblIxg3MD27-RYkakkwDhpd3gDsif1KFmsikgH92Jv3Uon4jNoJCw_iVrX0lD7IVodmlF9oxUWY7FKdxq9NAm3OTMfFkSDAN4fyaMawFZGgyRgEDK2rokWB90C2TWzOuc9Limg&__tn__=-*5DK-R__;JSUl!!KGKeukY!2SxHvw2RP6fx98oCEK6O55U1uGs6bk1-Al7H7AoXprg4IYe90JGSGEzi5fQzP7ftO5EclshfPvs1bB-d-exKNCoDirstwRnvN7G9clp9MQs$ > at James Madison University, the Center for Israeli Studies at American University, and founded the “A Splendid Wake <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/asplendidwake?__cft__*5B0*5D=AZWXHli0ymj98fCoGNNbzlZ58JeJ6mbXZSbCrPvZzblIxg3MD27-RYkakkwDhpd3gDsif1KFmsikgH92Jv3Uon4jNoJCw_iVrX0lD7IVodmlF9oxUWY7FKdxq9NAm3OTMfFkSDAN4fyaMawFZGgyRgEDK2rokWB90C2TWzOuc9Limg&__tn__=-*5DK-R__;JSUl!!KGKeukY!2SxHvw2RP6fx98oCEK6O55U1uGs6bk1-Al7H7AoXprg4IYe90JGSGEzi5fQzP7ftO5EclshfPvs1bB-d-exKNCoDirstwRnvN7G9lIFr8ek$ >” archive at George Washington University’s Gelman Library to document the history of DC poets.
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