Kosman is widely connected to academic departments across the US; when his first book came out, he gave readings and talks at Poets House (NYC), the University of Maryland-College Park, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, Hebrew Union College (New York City), Westminster College (Utah), University of Utah, Harvard University, Mt. Holyoke College (Massachusetts), and several prominent synagogues, including Bnei Jeshurun (Manhattan), Mishkan Tefila (Boston area), and Washington Hebrew Congregation (DC).Readers will see the Hebrew and English poems on facing pages.Kosman's previous Zephyr Press (2011) book was reviewed in&160;The Forward, Words Without Borders, Tikkun, Translation Review, Association of Jewish Libraries, Jewish Book Council,&160;and we expect similar coverage with this book.&10;Kosman is known in the literary community, and poems from the volume have appeared in World Literature Today, Guernica, Consequence, Modern Poetry in Translation, Tikkun, Poetry International Archives Rotterdam, Poetry International San Diego, Leviathan Quarterly, Ilanot Review, and the CCAR Journalthe Reform Jewish Quarterly.&10;Recent Zephyr books have won or been short-listed for the PEN Poetry in Translation Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize, the National Translation Award, the National Jewish Book Award in poetry, and others.