Books published by publisher Aunt Lute Books

Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Jewish Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. Women's Studies. Translated from the Hebrew by Ilana Brody. HAGGADAH means "the telling." The escape from Egypt is the defining legend, the central drama of the Jews. Every nation coalesces around such an epic; its people project themselves into the story, aspire to the virtues of its heroes, and through periodic retelling or dramatization, transmit their values to the next generation. The traditional HAGGADAH offers a set of instructions for conducting the Passover service, interspersed with readings from the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, legends, prayers, hymns and children's songs. Written by men and addressing men, the traditional text has not historically offered much space for women to see themselves as fully involved in or spoken to by the powerful drama of human freedom articulated by the HAGGADAH. In HAGGADAH: A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM, Martha Shelley brings a new vision to the traditional text.

Poetry, Fiction, Cultural Writing. Ethnic Studies. In this new collection from WritersCorps, young urban poets and authors make the act of writing into an act of peace. The exploration ranges from the personal to the communal to the political. Funded by a Peace and the Written Word Award from the Isabel Allende Foundation, with a forward by Allende herself, CITY OF ONE is a testimony to a new engaged generation.