Sex Poetry and Embodied Judaism
Last week’s Forward reports about Matthue Roth, a “post-straight” Orthodox performance poet who warns that “some of these poems may be inappropriate for children and halachic prudes.” Roth has performed with Dave Eggers in San Francisco, with legendary guitarist Carlos Santana at a benefit for Chabad and as a featured poet in the Def Poetry Jam on Broadway.
**I was psyched to see that the article was written by Jay Michealson, editor of the hip Zeek Magazine, who taught at this month’s Hadar Shavuot retreat and will be teaching about Embodied Judaism this summer at Elat Chayyim.