Rena Potok is senior acquisitions editor at The Jewish Publication Society. She received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory and an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a writer and a poet, and a translator of Israeli fiction and poetry. Alicia Ostriker is the author of nine volumes of poetry and has been nominated for two National Book Awards. She is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey Arts Council, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. She teaches English and creative writing at Rutgers University.

"Hills of Spices singularly conveys biblical poetry's beauty, which not only engages the mind and heart but also touches the soul or spirit . . . [a] grand collection."—Jewish Book World

Rena Potok is senior acquisitions editor at The Jewish Publication Society. She received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory and an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a writer and a poet, and a translator of Israeli fiction and poetry. Alicia Ostriker is the author of nine volumes of poetry and has been nominated for two National Book Awards. She is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey Arts Council, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. She teaches English and creative writing at Rutgers University.

"Hills of Spices singularly conveys biblical poetry's beauty, which not only engages the mind and heart but also touches the soul or spirit . . . [a] grand collection."—Jewish Book World

Rena Potok is senior acquisitions editor at The Jewish Publication Society. She received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory and an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a writer and a poet, and a translator of Israeli fiction and poetry. Alicia Ostriker is the author of nine volumes of poetry and has been nominated for two National Book Awards. She is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey Arts Council, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. She teaches English and creative writing at Rutgers University.

"Hills of Spices singularly conveys biblical poetry's beauty, which not only engages the mind and heart but also touches the soul or spirit . . . [a] grand collection."—Jewish Book World