Twenty-One Birthdays Author|Mary-Kim Arnold Amy Gerstler is a poet

Amy Gerstler is a poet

" -Norbert Z&aumlhringer Die Welt

and shelters

but to interpret its silences through the lens of poetic imagination

the Tree of Life Synagogue mass shooting

Twenty-One Birthdays Author|Mary-Kim Arnold Amy Gerstler is a poetHalf of the people imprisoned in America are parents, which means over two million children grow up with their parents in cages. In his essay, Twenty One Birthdays, Kennedy Amenya Gisege celebrates a lifetime of birthdays separated from his daughter. Each year, he makes a quiet offering to a photo on the wall. The years accumulate until, at last, she is grown and he remains behind bars. Tender, heart wrenching, and loving, Gisege's work illuminates