Zachary Sholem Berger reads his poem, "On Simple Meaning," and Mildred Kiconco Barya reads her poem, "Bewilderment," both published in our Winter 2023 issue.
Zackary Sholem Berger is a poet and translator in Baltimore working in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. By day he is a mild-mannered primary care physician.
Mildred Kiconco Barya is a writer from Uganda now living in North Carolina. Her publications include three poetry books, as well as prose, hybrids, and poems published in Shenandoah, Joyland, The Cincinnati Review, Tin House, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. Her fourth full-length poetry collection, The Animals of My Earth School, is forthcoming from Terrapin Books, 2023. She blogs at www.mildredbarya.com.
