In the winter of 2018, after a personal and professional upheaval, Louise Steinman took creative refuge in San Francisco at The Firehouse, reconfigured from its original use into a space for artists’ residencies and community gatherings. During this contemplative time alone, she was mesmerized by a cover of a book, a self-portrait by the German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon, murdered in Auschwitz. With Dream Awakened Eyes is the result of Steinman’s healing exchange—via text and drawing—with Salomon’s provocative gaze.
With Dream Awakened Eyes is published by Firehouse Press and is distributed by Ayin Press.
About the Author Louise Steinman is a writer, artist, and literary curator. She’s the author of three books: The Crooked Mirror: A Memoir of Polish-Jewish Reconciliation; The Knowing Body: The Artist as Storyteller in Contemporary Performance; and The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father’s War. Steinman founded, and for twenty-five years curated, the celebrated ALOUD literary series at the Los Angeles Public Library. Her essays have been widely published and anthologized. She welcomes the impulse to draw. www.louisesteinman.com
About the Publisher Firehouse Press began in 2020, publishing books by Anne Germanacos and Nick Germanacos, and friends and communities that have grown around them.
Book Details 37 pages | Paperback | 6 x 7 in. | ISBN: 978-1-953827-09-8 Publication date: October 2026
