The "Prairie Schooner" Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Writing

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Bringing together a wide selection of contemporary poets, essayists, and fiction writers, this vivid collection demonstrates the continuing vitality of Jewish American writing.

Featured are well-known Jewish American writers alongside fresh, emerging talents. There are new stories by (among others) Rebecca Goldstein and Faye Moskowitz and essays by Michael Blumenthal, Irena Klepfisz, Robin Becker, and Sanford Pinsker. Perhaps most striking is the impressive array of poets, ...

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Lincoln, Ne: 1998 Softcover 1st Printing Fine; A bright fine trade paperback! 0803289715. 293 p.; "A Bison Original". Originally published as Prairie Schooner 71: 1 (Spring ... 1997), a special issue of Jewish American Writers. Read more Show Less

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Overview

Bringing together a wide selection of contemporary poets, essayists, and fiction writers, this vivid collection demonstrates the continuing vitality of Jewish American writing.

Featured are well-known Jewish American writers alongside fresh, emerging talents. There are new stories by (among others) Rebecca Goldstein and Faye Moskowitz and essays by Michael Blumenthal, Irena Klepfisz, Robin Becker, and Sanford Pinsker. Perhaps most striking is the impressive array of poets, from Ruth Behar to Mark Rudman to Eleanor Wilner. All provide tangible support for Sanford Pinsker’s wry observation that “the demise of Jewish-American writing has been much exaggerated.”

A collection that embraces tradition and innovation, and that is as diverse as it is consistently stimulating, this anthology will be required reading for enthusiasts of contemporary American literature.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780803289710
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
  • Publication date: 4/1/1998
  • Pages: 293
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Hilda Raz is the editor of Prairie Schooner and an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Nebraska. She is the author of several books of poems, including The Bone Dish, What Is Good, and Divine Honors.
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Table of Contents

Introduction 3
Di yerushe/The Legacy, parable 7
Squares and Courtyards, poem 13
Six poems 16
Five poems 25
The Man on the Dump by Wallace Stevens, story 31
Two poems 47
Five poems 51
Four poems 54
Three poems 60
Two poems 62
The Silent Synagogue of Koszeg, essay 64
Visit to Majdanek, essay 66
Lukacs Furdo: December 31, 1993, poem 70
Three poems 72
Three poems 74
Two poems 77
Six poems 79
Two poems 86
Four poems 89
Peace in the House, story 93
Two poems 105
Two poems 107
Eight poems 109
Two poems 115
Approach of High Holy Days, poem 120
The Sin of Elijah, story 130
Two poems 152
Two poems 153
Shetetl Life, poem 156
Gifts of the Last Night, story 172
Three poems 179
Four poems 187
Three poems 191
Three poems 197
from Passing Over, poem 200
Three poems 202
Two poems 204
Two poems 207
I'm Telling! Secrecy and Shame in One Jewish-American Family, essay 210
Kaddish, poem 223
Two poems 224
Three poems 226
Trochaic, story 230
His Regular Fare, story 234
Three poems 236
Five poems 239
The Pool, story 244
Grandma's Cooking, poem 257
Jinx, essay 260
Dares, Double-Dares, and the Jewish-American Writer, essay 278
The Pillar, poem 286
Contributors 288
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