Poetic Obituaries: Joel [Deutch] had been a poet before

I met him, publishing in literary journals, editing one of his own. He went on to write moving essays about going blind, many of which appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

In 2001, we published his essay Exits and Entrances, about introducing Russian immigrant friends to American life at a Fourth of July picnic.

from World Hum: R.I.P. Joel Deutch, Writer, Poet, World Hum Contributor

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