Song in Tammuz

About the book: Named among "The 2026 Debut Poetry Collections You Need To Read" by Debutiful and winner of the International Berkshire Prize from Tupelo Press, Bread Loaf alumna Avia Tadmor's poetry debut, Song in Tammuz, is a contemporary exploration of displacement, desire, and longing. In conversation with the Book of Ruth, these poems span centuries and continents while traversing linguistic forms. Footnotes, dictionary definitions, the lyrical, the elegiac, and the ekphrastic bring old and new together as their speakers seek new definitions of self and of home. Learn more at: https://tupelopress.org/bookstore/p/song-in-tammuz

About the author: Avia Tadmor’s poems appear in The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, Best New Poets, New England Review, The New Republic, and elsewhere. Her writing has received fellowships and awards from Bread Loaf Writers' Workshop, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Yaddo. She was named a Gregory Djanikian Scholar in Poetry by the Adroit Journal and, most recently, a Get the Word Out Publicity Incubator Fellow from Poets & Writers. Previously, Avia taught writing at Columbia University, where she directed the Columbia Artist/Teachers program, promoting no-cost arts education in schools and community organizations in NYC. Currently, she is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Expository Writing Program at New York University. A graduate of the United World College program educating for constructive dialogue, peace, and a sustainable future, Avia holds an MFA from Columbia University. Born in Jerusalem, she lives in New York. More at: aviatadmor.com.