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Nefesh: Poems

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Nefesh (Soul, spirit) is a fascicle of poems which explore the spiritual aspects of life in two religious contexts: Jewish and Zen Buddhist. The first section consists of poems of Worship and Celebration spoken on the High Holidays at Wilshire Boulevard Temple's Nefesh Community in Los Angeles. The second section, "Patterns," is more scholarly and historical in nature. Part 3, Family, explores more informal observations in the homes and neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Part 4 is a record, in Haiku, of spiritual observations during a Zen Buddhist retreat with the poet's wife and son at the Great V...

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About the Poet William Wallis, a native of Florida, was educated at Hendrix College, Southern Illinois University (B.A., 1969), the University of Nebraska (Ph. D., 1972), and the Hanover Conservatory in Germany (1978-80). In 1973, while a member of the faculty at UN-L, he performed a supporting role in Robert Beadell's Napoleon, a grand opera he co-authored with Director Dean Tschetter. His text Hanblecheya, the Vision--based on Lakota (Sioux) myth, story, and song--was set to music by Richard Moore and performed as part of the American Bicentennial celebration. He directed a grant (1974-76) from the Ethnic Studies Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, that also allowed him to create educational materials entitled A Meeting of Cultures to accompany Hanblecheya. A member of Actors Equity since 1975, Wallis has appeared in 40 professional productions in America and Germany. Between 1978 and 1985, he worked as a stage director and opera singer in several West German theaters and in Vienna, Austria. After 1985, he returned to the USA and taught at UN-L and UCSB before joining the Los Angeles Valley College Department of English permanently in 1988. He served as English Department Chairperson from 2015 till 2019, when he retired from the LACCD. His seventh book of poetry, Joshua (1994), was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Poetry Division, as were his books Twins (1996) and Selected Poems, 1969-99 in 2000. He has written 20 volumes of verse and prose, including Selected Essays and an interdisciplinary study of opera entitled A Dream of Love Fulfilled. His first novel Hawk was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award for Popular Fiction in 2006. Prairie Symphony, a biography of Charles Leonard Thiessen, and L.A., my Love (Stories and songs) followed in 2008 and 2012. Dr. Wallis continues to write and teach in Los Angeles, while enjoying the company of his wife Leslie and their four children; and he looks forward to spoiling his future grandchildren. He is currently working on a quartet of novels and a series of epics for children entitled The Mousie Stories.