{"product_id":"9780981552149","title":"Approaching You in English: Selected Poems of Admiel Kosman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Verses to be added to the end of Deuteronomy\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAre you kidding, let it be,\u003cbr\u003ejust write that we were born, we were here,\u003cbr\u003eand we drowned in the sea.\u003cbr\u003eThat’s enough. Keep the final verses\u003cbr\u003eshort, in your generosity, just hint that it’s bad here,\u003cbr\u003ewithout love, in the desert, the old people grumbling,\u003cbr\u003eeven dying all the way here,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003e long journey \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003e contention \u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnd the day-old baby of the homeland — hatred —\u003cbr\u003ethe baby of the homeland, and its mother — longing,\u003cbr\u003eand the baby of the homeland,\u003cbr\u003eswallowing oatmeal and milk, some more,\u003cbr\u003edying and hunger.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWrite concisely about murder and blood,\u003cbr\u003ejust hint at a people and a homeland,\u003cbr\u003ekeep it short, in your generosity (let it be),\u003cbr\u003eand remind the reader\u003cbr\u003ethat we drowned in the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAdmiel Kosman\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Israel's most prominent contemporary poets, with eight books of poetry to his credit, and several more of prose. His work evokes multiple tensions between prayer and modern life, sacred texts and eroticism, war and peace, language and translation. After teaching at Bar Ilan University in Israel for many years, Kosman moved permanently to Berlin, where he is now professor of religious studies at Potsdam University and heads the first Reform rabbinical college in Germany to resume operations after the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLisa Katz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eReconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e (Am Oved) and the translator of \u003ci\u003eLook There: New and Selected Poems of Agi Mishol\u003c\/i\u003e (Graywolf Press). Her poems, translations, essays, and reviews have appeared in scores of publications, and she is the translation coordinator for the Jerusalem International Poetry Festival. In 2008, she won the Mississippi Review Poetry Prize. She teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and frequently lectures abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eShlomit Naor\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Raanana, Israel, in 1974, is an educator and published poet. She holds an MA in creative writing from Ben Gurion University and a BA in philosophy and literature from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zephyr Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035571699952,"sku":"9780981552149","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780981552149_p0.jpg?v=1763881725","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780981552149","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}