Rodger
Kamenetz
is the author of
numerous books of nonfiction and poetry including the landmark
international bestseller, The Jew in
the Lotus, the National Jewish Book Award-winning Stalking Elijah, and The
Lowercase Jew: Poems. His
memoir, Terra Infirma has been
described as “the most beautiful book ever written about a mother and
son.”
His
latest book, The History of Last
Night’s Dream, opens up the whole field of word and image,
psychology and imagination, and points to an ancient but now-hidden way of
using dreams to rediscover soulfulness and inspire creativity. It is a
book that promises to change the way we dream.
He
is Professor in the Department of English and Department of Philosophy
& Religious studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Among his notable academic accomplishments, he is the founding director of
both the MFA program in Creative Writing and the Jewish Studies Program.
He holds a B.A. from Yale College and graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins
and Stanford Universities.
