Wu Wei Eats an Egg: Poems by Lucas Hirsch

Spruijt-Metz, Donna: - Donna Spruijt-Metz's debut poetry collection was General Release from the Beginning of the World (2023, Free Verse Editions). Her second collection is To Phrase a Prayer for Peace' (2025, Wildhouse Press). She is an emeritus psychology professor, MacDowell fellow, rabbinical school drop-out, and former classical flutist. Her chapbooks include Slippery Surfaces, And Haunt the World (with Flower Conroy) and Dear Ghost (winner, Harbor Review Editor's prize). She lived in the Netherlands for 22 years and translates Dutch poetry. Her poems and translations appear or are forthcoming at The Academy of American Poets, and in the Alaska Quarterly Review, Copper Nickel, The American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She has taught poetry workshops focusing on Psalms and other biblical texts for Hudson Valley Writer's Center and for Temple Israel of Hollywood. Her collaborative book with Flower Conroy, And Scuttle My Balloon, is forthcoming from Pictureshow Press in 2025. Her website is at donnasmetz.com.