This was a special edition of Shirim: A Jewish Poetry Journal published in 2006. I found it in a well known bookstore in Washington, DC and brought it home and put it in a pile where it was lost until a few hours ago. The significance of the timing of this re-discovery is that when I found it in the bookstore and got it, Myra was alive. And as of this writing, she no longer is. December 18, 1934 - December 30, 2024.
I had met her a few times in the DC and wrote her with the email address I was able to find for her right after finding this booklet, but unbeknownst to me she was already ill (and likely the email address wasn't accurate either).
Myra Sklarew was a mover and shaker in the poetry world for a long time. She will be missed but her impact will be felt for generations of poets to come.
I don't know much about Shirim (the publication) nor its editor. Apparently the publication has been around for some time and they did in fact highlight Ms. Sklarew ten years prior to this edition.
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