{"product_id":"bad-neighborhood","title":"Bad Neighborhood","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCindy Frenkel\u003c\/strong\u003e’s poetry appears in publications ranging from \u003ci\u003eLIBER \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in anthologies. Her chapbook, presciently titled \u003ci\u003eThe Plague of the Tender-Hearted, \u003c\/i\u003ewas released during Covid from Finishing Line Press. Among the places her prose appeared are \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, WIRED.com,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The New York Observer, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere she was a columnist. A Hambidge fellow, Frenkel earned her MFA from Columbia University. She’s taught literature and writing from elementary school through college. Frenkel served as a writer-in-residence with InsideOut Literary Arts Project, which brings working poets into city schools. Her essay “Sharing Voices, Acting Crazy” appeared in their anthology \u003ci\u003eTo Light a Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. “Galway Kinnell and the Blue Button-Down” was in \u003ci\u003eThe Southampton Review\u003c\/i\u003e. “15 lessons from 9 years of teaching” was printed overseas in \u003ci\u003eWRITERS IN EDUCATION.\u003c\/i\u003e Frenkel edited the \u003ci\u003eDetroit Institute of Arts\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and co-authored \u003ci\u003e100 Essential Books for Jewish Readers\u003c\/i\u003e with Rabbi Daniel B. Syme.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFor more, please visit:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cindyfrenkel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.cindyfrenkel.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 124 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (June 12, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53593940099256,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/frenkel2_front.jpg?v=1781546195","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/bad-neighborhood","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}