Maggid, 1 Vol. 1 : A Journal of Jewish Literature

by Kramer, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9781592640898
• ISBN10: 1592640893
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Toby Pr

Summary

A bi-annual publication showcasing the best new Jewish writing in all genres from around the world, unencumbered by bias or ideological shading. Original.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTORIES
The Editors,
Jewish American Writing: 350 New Years Later	1	(4)
Michael P Kramer,
Voices: An American Gothic Tale; or, My Life With Jewish Literature	5	(14)
I. CREATIVE TEXTS, JEWISH CONTEXTS
A Note From the Editors	19	(2)
Allen Hoffman,
From the Herring to the Leviathan	21	(10)
Rebecca Goldstein,
The Two Cultures	31	(14)
II. FICTIONS
Cynthia Ozick,
Refugees	45	(20)
Leslie Epstein,
Ethiopia: A Prologue	65	(6)
Melvin Jules Bukiet,
Return to Manhattan	71	(16)
III. VERSE
Shirley Kaufman,
Circle	87	(4)
Linda Zisquit,
K'desha and Other Poems	91	(6)
Mark Rudman,
Inside The Park: Lines on the Death of Billy Martin	97	(10)
IV. FICTIONS
Max Apple,
House of the Lowered: A Short Story	107	(12)
Steve Stern,
The Ice Sage	119	(16)
Aryeh Lev Stollman,
Bring Me into Paradise	135	(14)
V. VERSE
Gerald Stern,
L'chaim and Other Poems	149	(6)
Rachel Tzvia Back,
On Methods of Concealment (A Manual)	155	(4)
Alan Shapiro,
Three Poems	159	(4)
Alicia Ostriker,
Tearing the Poem Up and Eating It	163	(6)
Rachel Zucker,
Graven Image Envy and Four Poems	169	(6)
VI. ARCHIVES
Emma Lazarus,
The Eleventh Hour	175	(34)
VII. ON WRITERS AND WRITING
Joseph Skibell,
Willis Alan Ramsey & Me: A Bad Case of Second Novelitis	209	(10)
Shaindy Rudoff,
An Interview with Nava Semel	219	(10)
Nava Semel,
The Island of Israel	229	(6)
Paul Zakrzewski,
First Loves And Other Sorrows: First Loves, by Ted Solotaroff	235	(6)
Marshall E. Wilen,
Out of Place: The Place Will Comfort You, by Naama Goldstein	241	(8)
CODA
Robert Pinsky,
The Six-Pointed Star	249