About the Poet
RUTH SABATH ROSENTHAL resides in New York City. She began writing poetry after having retired from a career as a corporate event planner. Prior to that, she’d been vice president of a national needlework manufacturing company, National Paragon Corporation — its subsidiary Paragon Needlecraft. Ruth served as director of licensing and also art director of the ‘How-To’ Needlework Book Department. She held the positions until the company was acquired by a conglomerate in the late 1980s; shortly thereafter, the Paragon Needlecraft division was shut down.
The ‘How-To’ books (9×12 instruction booklets) were primarily for the needlework technique known as ‘Counted Cross Stitch.’ There were also a few other needlecraft-technique included that particular sphere of Paragon’s products. The subject matter of the booklets were adaptations, permitted under license, of some very well-know characters, as well as prestigious works of art and Early American Samplers: Characters, such as those of Disney, Sesame Street, Charlie Brown, Ziggy, Holly Hobbie, and many more; plus, works of art: the Hummel figurines, paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, Grandma Moses, Norman Rockwell, and some contemporary multimedia artists’ creations; the samplers, from the ‘Early American Sampler Collection’ of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City.
After Ruth retired (in 2001), she took up writing and studying poetry. She became accomplished in that craft early on, having been mentored by a few well-regarded poets — both privately and in workshops at the 92nd Street Y and Poets House, all in New York City. Three of her favorite mentors, Sarah Hannah, Kate Light, and Rachel Wetzsteon, though now deceased, still inspire her, as well as the poetry community at large.
A young Jewish boy’s account of life in a Nazi concentration camp and how he’d gotten there; that, followed by his harrowing experience as one…
A compilation of poetry, plus many full-color photo images (in addition to the black & white images and drawings) — each relating to specific poems…
The title of this book and the poems therein were inspired by the real-life, unprecedented relationship between a Red fox and German Shepherd…
little, but by no means small is filled with short poems (including haiku) portraying all sorts of beings and objects, animate and inanimate…
Food: Nature vs Nurture is chock-full of all sorts of earthly beings vying for their fair share of whatever it is they believe will sustain them…
The poems in Gone, but Not Easily Forgotten are about exactly what the title indicates: the loved and missed: people, pets, possessions…
Chapbook, Facing Home is no sentimental or nostalgic gesture of Ruth’s, but rather a tough-minded en-counter with the subtle cruelties…
“Facing Home and beyond” is no longer available; it has been replaced with the larger collection, Of My Labor (82 pages added, containing new and revised poems, and, also, more drawings and photos images – many now in full color!)
Professional Bio
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal, a New York City Poet, is well published in the U.S. and, also, internationally. She began writing in the year 2000, and became accomplished early on. She’s been tutored by some well-regarded New York City poets, both privately, and in classes, primarily at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.
Ruth’s body of work includes poems published in a myriad of literary journals and poetry anthologies. (For details, see On the Web, In Anthologies, and In Journals.) In October 2006, Ibbetson Street Magazine nominated her poem “on yet another birthday” for a Pushcart prize and several of her poems have won commendation in competitions: The Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse (2008) and The Tom Howard Poetry Contest (2007). Additionally, Ruth is a featured poet on Poetrykit.org and Poetryvlog.
Ruth has authored 7 books of poetry: Finishing Line Press published her debut book — a chapbook titled Facing Home and Paragon Poetry Press, Inc., published the 6 full-length books: Of My Labor, Facing Home and beyond, little but by no means small, Food: Nature vs Nurture, Gone, but Not Easily Forgotten, and Safe ‘n Sound (or not!).