Tapestry of Secrets

<p><em>Tapestry of Secrets </em>provides an intimate look at the dangerous world of conversos in sixteenhundred’s New Mexico through persona poems about the cycles hidden rites beliefs and risks of daily life where “. . . Some secrets ennoble/their guardians others speak from dark closets in language we no longer understand.” Included are poems about Columbus and his Hebrew-speaking interpreter  a pirate Rabbi Samuel Palache as well as a  comprehensive bibliography. Four of the poems have appeared in anthologies and one <em>Kaddish </em>was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.</p>