As part of a series on National Poetry Month, Rob Taylor of Read Local BC spoke with Lillian about Out of the Dark and her collection of works. You can read the full interview here. Lillian Boraks-Nemetz: When I first started writing about the Holocaust my voice came from an abyss, a place of indescribable …
“Part I is stark and arresting. Few poets could write it today. He really liked ‘The Jew’ and ‘Tsunami’ but hates to single out poems at random like this since the collection is a whole and not merely an assembly of parts. “Part II is a thoughtful and a pensive squence. ‘Shops on Ben Yehuda’ …
Wow. I am still so full of this story… I was immediately drawn into Batya’s life, with all her pain and the understanding that she has been hiding her true self and has reached a point that she cannot continue this way if she is to survive, as much as her loved ones wish this. …
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Poet Majid Naficy called Lillian’s poetry “deep and beautiful”. Meanwhile, Lillian spoke at the Esther Birney Literary Arts Series via Zoom at the Brock House Society on Wednesday.
Poet Barbara Pellman had this to say about Lillian’s new collection of poetry, Out of the Dark. “These powerful poems, written from the anguish of a child survivor of the Holocaust, transcend that anguish through the revitalizing nature of writing itself. The poems move from the ghettos in her native Warsaw, through cities and villages—Talesnal, Tofino, …
The death in late May of George Floyd, while he was pinned down on the ground by a Minneapolis police officer, has sparked continuing protests throughout the United States and the world. The tragic incident struck a nerve with Vancouver author and poet Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, and she composed “The Arm,” a poem about racism, in …
A poem about racism in honour of George Floyd. Today I am George Floyd I am a Jew so I know how it feels To be stifled By the arm of hate…
Lillian will speak about Mouth of Truth at the Tolerance Education Center, 35147 Landy Lane, Rancho Mirage, California on January 29 at 1 pm. Admission is free, donations are welcome. “The mission of the Tolerance Education Center is to promote tolerance, civility, respect and understanding by the elimination of atrocities, hatred and bigotry.”