Dr. Irena Klepfisz is a lesbian poet and activist. She taught for 22 years at Barnard College. In 2022, her latest work, “Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems 1971-2021” was named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Poetry and was the winner of the Audre Lorde Lesbian Poetry Award.
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