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Thank You! Thank You!

Thanks to the amazing generosity of so very many of you and the unwavering support of Persimmon Tree’s Council of Advisors, the 2025 DIAMOND JUBILEE fundraising campaign was a smashing success!
 

Together, we raised $21,545.51–
more than in any prior Spring fundraiser.

 
We appreciate every single gift! And we send special thanks to our leadership donors — the 29 women who helped the campaign get off to a rousing start by donating even before the virtual doors officially opened.
 

Our deepest thanks, too, and a warm welcome to the six women whose $1,000+ gifts mean you are now part of our Diamond Circle, to the four of you whose $500+ gifts make you members of the Emerald Circle, and to the 21 whose $200+ donations entitle you to membership in the Ruby Circle. You’ll be hearing from us soon about the special benefits we are planning for you.

 
 
Here is the final gift chart, showing the results of your generosity:
 

 
We come to you for donations only twice a year, in the Spring and Fall. The results of this campaign encourage us to continue our volunteer efforts bringing the art of strong, talented older women to a world that needs their wisdom and expression more than ever.
 
Wishing you a wonderful summer, and again, our deepest thanks.
 
Jean Zorn, Publisher
Peggy Wagner, Editor in Chief
(On behalf of all the women of Persimmon Tree)
https://persimmontree.org
 
P.S.  It’s not too late to be a part of this terrific Diamond Jubilee campaign. A gift from you now will guarantee that Persimmon Tree’s all-volunteer staff can continue bringing you new issues into the Fall.  Join with the other estimable readers, writers, artists, and musicians of Persimmon Tree, and donate now! 

 
To pay using Zelle, address your donation to publisher@persimmontree.org and note in the memo line that it is a donation. To pay with a credit card, click here. Or, if you would prefer to contribute by check, you can do so by making your check out to Persimmon Tree and mailing it to –
 
Jean Zorn, Publisher
20 W. 64th St., Apt. 30N
New York, NY 10023
 

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Persimmon Tree is a tax exempt charitable organization, pursuant to IRC Section 501(c)(3). Persimmon Tree is also a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. All contributions to Persimmon Tree, whether made by check or Zelle directly to Persimmon Tree or by credit card via Fractured Atlas, are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

OUR GENEROUS DONORS

 

Thanks to all of you, Persimmon Tree’s just-concluded spring fundraising campaign was a great success. We are very grateful. A list of the major donors to that campaign will be posted here shortly.

 

 

The Holy & Broken Bliss
Poems by Alicia Ostriker

How can we find meaning in the face of aging, illness, and the inevitability of death? How can we respond to the double plague of a fierce pandemic and a divided society? The keenly observant and urgent poems of The Holy & Broken Bliss are grounded in daily existence, human tenderness, the rituals of a long marriage, and the poet's ongoing spiritual quest. In the middle of a world that seems to be breaking down into suffering and anger, the spare and direct lines of these poems, surrounded by silence, offer a kind of healing. The poems ask us to consider what living looks like inside of ongoing misery (misery we often are responsible for making and accept-ing). They call us to ask ourselves how we locate joy and even laughter when despair is ever-present. The Holy & Broken Bliss contemplates free will, autonomy, self-control, the commodification of ourselves, and our desires for vengeance, satia- tion, rage, and acknowledgment of our collective sicknesses, along with the sacred possibilities of love, communication with nature, the power of art, and the "need to praise." "Ostriker confronts the intricate dance between spiritual despair and revelatory beauty in her ethereal 17th collection. ... [The Holy & Broken Bliss] resonates long after the final page, reminding readers that even in a fractured, plague-stricken world, there is still a living, breathing force within all things." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Available from Alice James Books, Amazon or Bookshop