Sarra Copia Sulam lived, learned, and created in the Ghetto of Venice in the early seventeenth century. Four hundred years later, three distinguished poets – Meena Alexander, Rita Dove, Esther Schor – revisited her life and works by living in Venice and exploring the Ghetto. This is their poetic tribute to a Jewish woman who defied with her art and pride the conventions of her time and place.
Sarra Copia Sulam lived, learned, and created in the Ghetto of Venice in the early seventeenth century. Four hundred years later, three distinguished poets – Meena Alexander, Rita Dove, Esther Schor – revisited her life and works by living in Venice and exploring the Ghetto. This is their poetic tribute to a Jewish woman who defied with her art and pride the conventions of her time and place.