In Memory of Paula Cohen Martin (z"l)
A Tribute by Miriam Udel A sister of my soul is no more. So many of us are devastated at the inconceivably sudden passing of Paula Cohen Martin , the artist who became my partner in creating HONEY ON THE PAGE: A TREASURY OF YIDDISH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE , and who was on the cusp of releasing her own delightful first picture book, BIG DREAMS, SMALL FISH (Levine Querido). As befits an old-timey Yiddish project, our union was arranged by matchmakers human and divine. Paula attended the TENT workshop at the Yiddish Book Center for authors and illustrators of Jewish children's books, where I was teaching. Program alumna Joanne Levy (author of SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS and herself no stranger to grieving) knew I was completing a crazy-ambitious anthology for which I was seeking an illustrator. Knowing Paula had a huge love for and curiosity about Yiddish culture, she connected us. I adored Paula's work and sensed immediately that its comic energy would infuse the book with the lively ...