The Good Men Project has posted a new poem by Amy Schreibman Walter called Houdini's Women. The poem celebrates Bess Houdini and Dorothy Young, Houdini's assistant who died in 2011. Amy had previously written a poem about Young called, Radio Girl.
Houdini's Women will be included in a new collection of Amy Schreibman Walter's poetry due out in 2014.
You can read Houdini's Women at The Good Men Project. Amy has also shared some thoughts about the poem on her blog, Amy Schreibman Walter.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Amy Schreibman Walter considers 'Houdini's Women'
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