Fringe, the Noun that Verbs Your World

J. Ladin

J.Ladin holds the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College of Yeshiva University.  His first collection of poems, Alternatives to History, was published in 2003 by Sheep Meadow Press, which will bring out his second, The Book of Anna, in April.  ”Transition Time” is from Life Blow, his recently completed third collection.  His poems and essays have appeared in many magazines and journals, including Parnassus: Poetry in Review, to which he is a regular contributor.