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Germanacos Poetry Award, \u003cem\u003eWing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is a poetry collection exploring repair, desire, devotion, memory, and spiritual reckoning.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLinda Stern Zisquit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a poet and translator, was born in the U.S. and has lived in Israel since 1978. \u003cem\u003eWing\u003c\/em\u003e is her seventh poetry collection. Her previous books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKorah’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eReturn from Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHavoc: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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Drawing deeply on Jewish lore, the poems attest to the work of tikkun or repair in their intense self-interrogation: ‘Twine, \/this collision of forces, pulling me upward\/to flower, and down to a network\/of knotty roots.’” \u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gabriel Levin, on\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Details\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e76 pages | Paperback | 5.31 x 8.27 in. | ISBN: 978-1-915553-72-0 \u003cbr\u003ePublication date: Winter 2026\u003cbr\u003eAuthor photo: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDebbi Cooper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ayin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44223246106804,"sku":"WING01","price":14.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/0776\/1844\/files\/Wing-Linda.jpg?v=1779110913"},{"product_id":"i-am-prayer-an-embodied-yom-kippur-companion","title":"I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully illustrated companion for reimagining Yom Kippur—not as a day of guilt, deprivation, and passive atonement, but as an embodied portal into transformation, prophetic action, ecstatic consciousness, and collective care. 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