Her newest work is entitled The Buffalo Poems, a book-length series tracking the cycle of violence defining the lives of Israelis and Palestinians during these last years. American born, Back writes in English but has lived in Israel for 25 years, where she and her husband are raising three children ages 14, 11 and 6. During a recent visit to the Blue Mountain Center, a residential colony in the Adirondacks for activists, artists and writers, Back spoke with writer Susan Ito about the stories in her poems, how becoming a parent has changed her work, and what it's like to mother in a war zone. Read Rachel's poem Her Hands