Reviews
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Review of Lisa Richter’s Nautilus and Bone; An Auto/biography in Poems
As a reader of Margolin’s poetry in its original Yiddish, and a translator of her work into English, I approached this collection with both interest and skepticism.
Jul 05, 2023
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Review of Hazel Frankel's Holocaust and Home: The Poetry of David Fram from Lithuania to South Africa
Apr 07, 2022
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Review of Childe Harold of Dysna by Moyshe Kulbak, translated by Robert Adler Peckerar
Moyshe Kulbak’s Childe Harold of Dysna—a novel in verse that is inspired by Lord Byron and dramatizes the character of the Jewish flaneur — charms, delights, and brings a gentle sorrow.
Oct 31, 2021
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Review of Songs in Dark Times: Yiddish Poetry of Struggle from Scottsboro to Palestine by Amelia M. Glaser
Oct 21, 2021
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Review of Queer Expectations: A Genealogy of Jewish Women's Poetry by Zohar Weiman-Kelman
Jun 13, 2019
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Die Geometrie des Verzichts: Deborah Vogel's poetry, essays, and letters in a new German translation and compilation
This volume, edited and translated by Anna Maja Misiak, is the first edition of Debora Vogel’s work in any language to include all of her prose and poetry.
Mar 06, 2018
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Claudia Rosenzweig's Bovo d’Antona by Elye Bokher. A Yiddish Romance: A Critical Edition with Commentary
A review of Claudia Rosenzweig’s new critical edition of the bove-bukh.
May 25, 2017