A native of New York City, poet Steven Sher (aka Shlomo Yashar) has lived in Jerusalem since 2012. His writing (primarily poetry, but including short fiction, folktales, essays, satire and features) has appeared in hundreds of publications worldwide and in 16 previous books including, most recently, Contestable Truths, Incontestable Lies (Dos Madres Press, 2019). Recent appearances include Veils, Halos & Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women; Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems about Marriage; The Second Genesis: an Anthology of Contemporary World Poetry; and New Voices: Contemporary Writers Confronting The Holocaust. In 2018, he received the Glenna Luschei Distinguished Poet Award. He has also taught at many universities, led many writing workshops and served as an editor or consultant across the print media/publishing/literary spectrum since the 1970s. In 2017, he co-edited arc, an Israeli literary magazine featuring many of the best Anglo writers in the country.
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