By Rick Black In Two Seasons in Israel, award-winning book artist and poet Rick Black takes readers on a journey through the stark images of Israel’s landscape—images of peace and war, of hope and fear and the way in which they blend together. Arab and Jew walk past each other: blind alleyway Black, who worked […]
Akedah: The Binding of Yitzhak
By Rick Black Akedah: The Binding of Yitzhak is an artist book about the haunting Biblical story of God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. It is a story about trauma. Of a father, mother, and son. Of a husband and wife. Of the divine presence and absence. Of words and silence. Of how […]
Yehuda Amichai – Letterpressed Poems
Yehuda Amichai was one of the great poets of the 20th century. It’s now possible to purchase a Yehuda Amichai poem beautifully letterpressed and illustrated from The Amichai Windows, a limited edition of 18 Amichai poems. This artist book is now in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University, […]
Amichai Windows
By Rick Black The Amichai Windows, a limited edition artist book of Yehuda Amichai poems, opens a window onto love, war, being Jewish in the 20th century and life in Israel. Each poem is wrapped and folded in an individual, handmade paper triptych and collected in an […]
Jerusalem Note Cards
Whether you’re looking for Jerusalem prints to hang in your own home or Jerusalem note cards to send to a friend, you can find them here at Turtle Light Press. We have transformed many of our prints into Jerusalem note cards, which are perfect to send for the New Year or other occasions. Here, you […]
Star of David – First Place Winner
ISBN#978-0-9883924-4-1, $15 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 40 pages* A new printing has just arrived! . First place winner of the 2012 Poetica Magazine chapbook contest, Star of David is a collection of poems by Rick Black that emerged out of a visit to the I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection at the Gelman Library of […]
Jerusalem, Israel Photographs
Built high in the mountains between the coastal plain and the desert, Jerusalem is a city that has inspired dreamers and prophets, conquerors and peacemakers. It has been sacked countless times, but it remains a symbol of peace. Pilgrims come from around the world to stroll down the narrow, winding alleyways of the Old City […]
Peace and War in Israel
By Rick Black In each of these imagistic poems, peace and war in Israel are juxtaposed in ways that portray the heart-wrenching beauty and sorrow of daily life in this conflict-ridden land. A former reporter with The New York Times in Jerusalem, Rick found it difficult to capture all of the contradictions that he encountered […]
