J.J. Steinfeld

Canadian fiction writer, poet, and playwright J. J. Steinfeld lives on Prince Edward Island. He has published nine short story collections, two novels, and two poetry collections, the most recent being Misshapenness (Ekstasis Editions). His short stories and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and periodicals internationally, and over forty of his one-act and full-length plays have been performed in Canada and the United States. You can read more of his musings at Ditch Poetry and the latest on his new novel - Word Burials at Crossing Chaos “The Lost Rabbi” was initially published in The Miraculous Hand and Other Stories (Ragweed Press, 1991) by J. J. Steinfeld, copyright © 1991 by J. J. Steinfeld, and in Dancing at the Club Holocaust: Stories New & Selected (Ragweed Press, 1993) by J. J. Steinfeld, copyright © 1993 by J. J. Steinfeld. An earlier version of “The Lost Rabbi” was first published in Response: A Contemporary Jewish Review. The Four Poems come from Four Poems from An Affection for Precipices (Serengeti Press, 2006) by J. J. Steinfeld,