On Amethyst Glass: Two Voices, One Song, by Bregman/Michelman January, 2000, Manto Press, $11.95, available through Barnes and Noble and your local bookseller. Special price for ordering here: $9.95 (U.S.), plus $4.00 handling (add $1.00 for each additional copy). Please mail check or money order payable to: Manto Press 1442A Walnut Street, #390 Berkeley, CA 94709

..And it cut loose a voice,
this voice,
this strength,
this clarity,
this power,
this vision,
the me, this me,
that I had not believed, until then, could ever flow out,
or be beautiful.

And I knew as I stood under the rain as warm as blood,
that I would
never
be silent
again.

-- An excerpt from "Storm," by Rita Bregman
On Amethyst Glass: Two Voices, One Song

"On Amethyst Glass: Two Voices, One Song is a first of its kind -- an elegant, powerful conversation, an intentional dialogue, an innovative contribution to poetry - about love, history, sex, art, bravery, with a deep sense of history, an awareness of social evolution - a new and distinct poetic form, and a book to be shared with the women and men in your life. It is a powerful conversation and a collection of poems with a message about the value contributed to us by writers - especially poets."

-- Rebecca Salome, Owner
Manto Press, Publisher

"Rita Bregman's poems are the sharpness of rain in your face, the warmth of bread out of the oven, the discardings and connectings of life."

-- Keith Gottschalk, author of Emergency Poems, has published over 140 poems in South Africa and elsewhere, including The Minnesota Review and Triquarterly

"If I wanted my daughters or sons to know who I am at the molecular level, I'd ask them to read this book of poetry. Exquisite!"

-- Lucy Jones-Voisey, Ph.D.
Author, Spiritual Director, Counselor, Professor

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