Richard Jeffrey Newman

Richard Jeffrey Newman

New York City
A poet and essayist, I write about gender and sexuality, Jewish identity and culture, writing and translation. My goal? To make connections that matter. I also help other writers do the same.

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The student to whom you gave an incomplete in good faith because they really were confronted with serious difficulties at

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Preamble We are starting to roll. We are coming to you through the internet. And when the weather is right,
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The morning view from my window...

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Once upon a time...
Four By Four #39

Four By Four #39

Four Things To Read, Four Things To See, Four Things To Listen To, and Four Things About Me

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A memoir is a representation of the author's encounter with memory. It is a compromise with the demands
Being Able To Say This Out Loud

Being Able To Say This Out Loud

Delivered on March 10, 2025 as part of Nassau Community College's Sexual Harassment Awareness Week

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“A self must learn. The body is. The body knows. A self learned to act as if it is real,

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Interesting to compare these two views, written four hundred years apart or so: All men and women are to each
Four by Four #38

Four by Four #38

Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
Four By Four #37

Four By Four #37

Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me