NATALITY is an epic poem, a palimpsestic narrative-body that confronts the tyranny of jealousy by multiplying narrative possibilities at every turn, troubling fixed assumptions of identity through the (im)possibility of rebirth.
EG ASHER IS THE AUTHOR OF NATALITY, PUBLISHED BY NOEMI PRESS IN 2017. ASHER'S WRITING HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE STADLER CENTER AT BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, THE YIDDISH BOOK CENTER, ASYLUM ARTS, AND THE KENYON REVIEW. ASHER HAS SERVED AS AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF WEST BRANCH MAGAZINE, AN ASSOCIATE OF THE BUCKNELL SEMINAR FOR UNDERGRADUATE POETS, AND HAS TAUGHT WRITING WORKSHOPS AND LITERATURE COURSES AT BROWN, BUCKNELL, AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS AT YIVO. BORN IN QUEENS, ASHER IS CURRENTLY A PHD CANDIDATE AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY.
