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Lori Rottenberg's writing has been published in a number of literary journals and anthologies. In addition, her work has been shared widely through DC-area poetry readings and the Unitarian Universalists for Jewish Awareness site.

Poetry
  • “150 West 30th Street, 1936-1940,” Mid-Atlantic Review, Special Section on U.S. History (June 15, 2026)
  • “Transplants,” On the Seawall (April 9, 2026)
  • “Why Did No One Send Me to the School Counselor?” Corpus Callosum (3.1 Dreams and Nightmares, March 2026)
  • “The Stitcher,” Naugatuck River Review (Annual Contest Issue, Winter/Spring 2026)
  • “I Go Back to September 1979,” Club Plum (Summer 2025, Volume 6, Issue 3)
  • "DocumentAerie," "The Ark, 1978," and "Daiyenu," Mid-Atlantic Review, Special Section on the Jewish Experience (October 2, 2024) 
  • "You Drive Like a Man," Passager Journal (2024 Poetry Contest Issue)
  • "Cleft," Pleiades (Spring 2024, Vol. 44.1)
  • “Proof” and “Obituary,” december (Spring/Summer 2024, Vol. 35.1)
  • "Meals with Grandma and Grandpa," Viewless Wings Podcast (December 19, 2023)
  • ​“Some of the Ways I Might Not Have Been Born” and “An Introduction,” Bourgeon/Mid-Atlantic Review (May 27, 2023)
  • “Birthright,” The Jewish Writing Project (April 17, 2023) 
  • “Enchantress,” Living Voices: Anthology of the World Poetry Day Festival, Teatro de la Luna/ArteVivo (2022) 
  • “Glasses and Plates,” Poetry on a Plate with Spicy Mango Pickle anthology, Authorspress (2022) 
  • “The Two Fridas,"  Artemis XXIX (2022) 
  • “The Gardener,” Washington Writers Publishing House, WWPH Writes (July 8, 2022)
  • “Reception: 1965,” "Before the Divorce," "My Scowling Picture," "Moving," "Keys," "Hometown"  UCityReview (June 2022)
  • “Philatelist,” Burningword Literary Journal (January 2022)
  • “Anniversary,” The Moving Force Journal (Issue 5, Fall/Winter 2021)
  • "Heresy," The Dewdrop (March 7, 2021)
  • “Teardown: Arlington, VA” and “Keys,” Call and Response Exhibit, George Mason University, (October 2020)
  • “Addition: Arlington, VA” and “Moms on the Blanket: Madison Manor,” Written in Arlington anthology, Paycock Press (2020)
  • “Cleft,” “My Mother’s Puzzles,” “Cloister,” and “Silent Lullabies,” Journey To Crone: A Book of Poems anthology, Chuffed Buff Books (2013)
  • “Enchantress” and “The Rest” Daring to Repair: What Is It, Who Does It & Why? anthology, Wising Up Press (2012)
  • “The Shamash Is the Tall One,” Poetica: Reflections of Jewish Thought (Summer 2011)
  • “Diagnosis,” Chest (August 2010)
  • “Grandpa, Where Did You Get Your Grey Eyes?” Poetica: Reflections of Jewish Thought (March 2009) 
  • “Addition: Arlington, VA,” Potomac Review: On Stage 35 (2003)
  • “How I Haunt My Father,” Artemis XV: Artists and Writers from the Blue Ridge and Virginia (1991)
  • “Geometry of Now ‘Til Then,” Black Buzzard Review (1990)​
​Flash and Creative Non-Fiction
  • “Ach, Siggy—​Enough Already!,” Minyan Magazine (Issue 19, upcoming August 2026)
  • “Why I Stand to the Right in Every Picture,” Under the Gum Tree (Issue 60, Summer 2026)
  • “Not That Walden,” Tupelo Quarterly, Issue 34, January 15, 2025
  • “Doubtful,” Minyan Magazine (Issue 7, April 2023)
  • “What Handsome Harry Carried in His Wallet for 70 Years,” “1940 Census,” and “Inheritance,” Open: Journal of Arts and Letters (January 2023)
  • “War and Beauty,” Reverie: Ultra Short Memoirs, Telling Our Stories Press (2013)

Poetry Reviews 
  • “A Quilt of Loss and Mothering: A Review of Certain Shelter,” Literary Mama, May/June, 2025

Liturgical Writings
  • "In Defense of Ritual," River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2005
  • "Choosing Community," River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2005
  • "Daiyenu: What Is Sufficient? A Jewish UU's Struggle with Passover," River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2002
  • "The Value of Boredom," River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2001

Selected Poetry Readings
  • Solo Invited Poet, Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, July 12, 2026
  • Invited Poet, Mid-Atlantic Review New Poems of U.S. History Reading, online, July 1, 2026
  • Invited Poet, Naugatuck River Review 17th Annual Contest Issue Reading, online, April 11, 2026
  • Invited Poet, AWP Offsite Readings for Naugatuck River Review and Corpus Callosum, Baltimore, MD, March 5-6, 2026
  • Invited Poet, City of Alexandria Pop-Up Jazz Festival at Montgomery Park, October 5, 2025
  • Invited Poet, Mid-Atlantic Review 2024 Print Edition Launch, Washington, DC, November 24, 2024
  • George Mason University MFA Graduate Reading, Fairfax, VA, May 8, 2024
  • Invited Poet, Readings on the Pike, Written in Arlington Reading, online, June 10, 2021
  • George Mason University Kindling Reading Series, online, October and December 2020
  • George Mason University Fenwick Gallery "Call and Response" Reading, online, 2020
  • Invited Poet, Arlington READS Competition, Arlington, VA, 2006
  • Invited Poet, Joaquin Miller Cabin Reading Series, Washington, DC, 2002
  • Invited Poet, Black Buzzard Review Reading Series, Fairfax, VA, 1990

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