Efrayim Levenson is a poet and writing tutor living in Far Rockaway, New York. To support his writing habit he has worked as a heavy-duty truck brake parts rebuilder, a commercial collections specialist, and a law firm accountant. His dream is to be a traveling preacher and hopes his words will lead the way.
Efrayim's latest chapbook, BOOK OF SPARKS: PSALMS FOR A NEW WORLD, is a collection of 21 prose poems composed to encourage anyone to contemplate his/her spirituality. Some of there are portraits of holidays and commemorations, including Passover, Shabbat, Tisha B'Av, and Purim.
Efrayim's previous poetry chapbook, FUNHOUSE, was written while listening to the music of guitarist Buckethead. It's a tale of a three-day journey in a surreal amusement park filled with sea lions, guitars, monsters, crickets, spiders, a guillotine, a human pretzel, more guitars, a traffic jam, drought, grasshoppers, angels, and even more guitars.
"Efrayim Levenson's 'Funhouse' sends us on a wild nightmarish yet at times tender merry-go-round ride through his own private Coney Island and ours", said New York poet Steve Dalachinsky.
This is Efrayim's second book with Poets Wear Prada. In 2007, the Hoboken-based press released DANCES WITH TEARS, a walk along a path of spiritual discovery. The book includes the poem "& Ribbon", which was nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. A 3rd Edition of Dances With Tears was released in November 2013.
Poetrymanz Press released his previous collection, For My Relations, in 2000.
Poems have also appeared, in print and online, in River Poets Journal, Parkside Poetry Collective, What Happens Next?, Poetica, Riverside Poets, Times Square Shout Out blog, Brownstone Poets, Chabad of Rego Park's Poetry Corner, Medicinal Purposes Literary Review, Above Water, ArtVoice, Bflo Journal, The Buffalo News' Poetry Page, Pure Light, Foist, Earth's Daughters, Tempus Fugit, Swift Kick, ARTicles, The Grin, and Blatherskite. From 1983-1989 Efrayim served in various capacities at Niagara-Erie Writers, Inc.
For bookings and more send email to efrayimlevenson@gmail.com
