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poetry at Wayne State University and at
a Reconstructionist temple when she
was in town a couple of years ago to
attend her niece's bat mitzvah.
"A woman wrote to me that she's
been writing midrash poems since I
left," says Dame. "These poems seek to
fill in gaps in midrash text, and you can
bring a lot of yourself to the stories as
long as there's justification in the [rele-
vant passages].
"I think the fascination of biblical
inist Writers Re-Create the World's First
stories is immense. They're different
Woman.
from ritual, and we learn about the
The short pieces in the book consider
world. Somewhere
Lilith's personality, image as
along the line, I got the
transgressor, life in exile and
message that these are
relationships with men,
people like us, and that
women and family. Created
was a way I connected
as Adam's equal, Lilith left to
to the Bible."
avoid being dominated by
Dame, 55, began
Adam, and her story is told in
writing poems as a child
writings called midrash —
after hearing her parents
imaginative interpretations or
recite their favorites. She
commentaries on Scripture.
stopped in high school
Dame, who contributed
but began again with
poetry and prose to the book
the inspiration of the
she helped edit, will read
feminist movement.
excerpts as well as other
Enid Dame: 7 think the
"I met with a
works when she appears Sun- fascination of biblical
women's group that
day, NOV. 22, at the Birming- stories is immense.
lasted four years," says
ham Community House in a
They're different from
Dame, who already had
"JFK Memorial Reading."
ritual, and we learn
a few poems published
The event commemorates the about the world. Some-
in magazines before
35th anniversary of the assas-
where along the line, I
joining
that writing cir-
sination of the president.
got the message that
cle. "We were all at the
these are people like us,
Also reading their own
same level and not as
and that was a way I
poetry will be Jewish poets
good as we could be.
connected to the Bible."
Lynne Meredith Cohn, "The
My first Lilith poem
Scene" editor for The Detroit
was written in that workshop."
Jewish News; Mark Phillips, businessman
After publishing a book of poetry'
and writer; and Dame's husband, Don-
through
a publishing co-op, she was able
ald Lev, with whom she co-edits Home
to complete others with grant money
Planet News, a literary tabloid.
from sources that have included the
"I'll concentrate on poems with Jew-
ish themes," says Dame, who holds a
doctorate in English literature from Rut-
Enid Dame will appear at 2
gers, where she has taught creative writ-
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, with fel-
ing.
low poets Donald Lev, Lynne
"Jewish culture is the focus of a lot of
Meredith Cohn and Mark
my poetry because I write about what
Phillips, in a "JFK Memorial
inspires me. I'm not Orthodox, but I
Reading" at the Birmingham
find religion a connection with some-
Community House, 380 Bates,
thing bigger than myself. Judaism is the
in Birmingham. Admission is
religion and culture of my family and
free. For more information, call
that has shaped me and is important to
(313) 267-5300, Ext. 338.
me."
Dame, sister of Baltimore Jewish.
oetry helps Enid Dame live
more fully.
She thinks of her verse,
often about the roles of Jewish
women, as a way of knocking down bar-
riers to self-exploration.
An important subject for Dame has
become Lilith, Adam's forceful, and
often berated, first wife, whose imagery
fills a new anthology, Which. Lilith? Fem-
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