Miriam Hechtman is a writer, creative producer, community gatherer and poet. She is the founder and creative director of POETICA, a live poetry and music initiative that started in 2017, and is the editor of The Alphabet of Women (Ginninderra Press 2022). More recently, Miriam has been hosting Poetica Petit a monthly poetry and music night in partnership with Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, and music tribute nights at Bondi Pavilion. She also regularly writes for The Jewish Independent and hosts poet and author events at Gertrude & Alice Bookstore. In 2023 Miriam was the Festival Director for Sydney Jewish Writers Festival. For several years, Miriam partnered with award winning UK photographer Harry Borden on the book Survivor – A Portrait of the Survivors of the Holocaust (Hachette/Octopus). She lives in Sydney with her husband, two daughters and Poppy the dog.
To swim with the fishes,
To be no one among many,
An observer without purpose,
An alien submerged
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MIRIAM HECHTMAN 
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