Texts & Translations

Two poems by Miryam Uli­nover, trans­lat­ed by Mindy Liberman.

Jun 01, 2020

Three poems by Sarah Reisen. 

May 12, 2020

Three poems by Leyb Kvitko from his 1919 col­lec­tion, Trit.

Mar 05, 2020

Moyshe-Leyb Halpern’s mor­bid, post­mod­ernist bal­lad in a new, cre­ative trans­la­tion by Michael Shapiro. 

Nov 08, 2019

A new trans­la­tion of David Edelsh­tat’s pro­le­tar­i­an poem a shtikele broyt.

Apr 30, 2019

The open­ing sec­tion of a Grade’s col­lec­tion Shayn fun far­loshene shtern (Shine of Extin­guished Stars, 1950).

Mar 25, 2019

Zeitlin’s kab­bal­is­tic poem offers a stun­ning, yet dif­fi­cult, fusion of Yid­dish expres­sion­ism and futur­ism on the one hand, and mys­ti­cal and mes­sian­ic thought on the other. 

Nov 29, 2018

Two poems by Celia Dropkin 

Oct 10, 2018

A new trans­la­tion of Mal­ka Lee’s ​“Baley­dikt” from her 1932 col­lec­tion Lid­er.

May 01, 2018

A standalone poem by Jacob Glatstein

Nov 09, 2017