Miriam Hechtman

Miriam Hechtman is the founder and curator of The Alphabet of Women. She is an Australian journalist, poet and creative producer. Miriam founded and hosts POETICA, a monthly open mic night for poetry and music in Sydney and writes poetry under the Instahandle @_fourlines_. She also runs a poetry club at her daughter's primary school and presents poetry workshops and events for several organisations including Sydney Jewish Writers Festival.

The Alphabet Of Women

March 2018. I lay horizontally at the foot end of my bed as my two young daughters finally slept. It had been a tumultuous night of fevers and restlessness and yet, despite my fatigue and worry, my mind was busy.