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Fran Carlen's poetry reads as if it had been written at the turn of the last century, on the continent, had been forgotten, and then found its way to the present day in a steamer trunk, as if a translation of a romance language, where the translation doubles as the original, everyday concerns metamorphose into flirtations with the absurd, and then back to the banal. Voices and wit such as this are difficult to find and more impossible from whi...

Russian history through a reworking of mythology and folktales.

Storytelling infused with Jewish mysticism and Yiddish folklore.

Bilingual collection of 100 gem-like varations on Chuvash and Tatar folkloric themes.

Eyewitness account of Frost's 1962 visit to Russia and confrontation with Russian poets and Krushchev.

New work from Zephyr author Pulaski. Last work was 2001's epic novel Courting Laura Providencia.

Pyrotechnic use of language from contemporary Russian poet.

Bilingual collection of 32 contemporary Russian poets writing in the tumult of the 1990s.

This inspiring guidebook supports teachers seeking to provide a nurturing and creative classroom environment for middle school and high school students. Lessons supply instruction for creating a community of empathy, reverence, self-awareness, and mindfulness. Each entry features a concise lesson plan ready for implementation, as well as a brief summary of the interfaith and secular philosophies that underpin the lesson. Educators are assisted...

Set in the immigrant streets and tenements of Brooklyn, Jack Pulaski's stories sparkle with incident, character, memory, and a touch of the surreal. In "Religious Instruction, " a widowed scripture teacher channels her passion into a retelling of the primal stories of the bible that transixes her adolescent students: "When she marries again we will not hear these stories, not the same way." "Music Story" sketches a chilling portrait of urban e...

Non English-language poets writing in UK.

In this searing novel of family, grief, and memory, a Canadian Jewish family is flung back together by the loss of one of its members at the hands of a drunken driver. The bereaved must now strive to keep alive the memory of Esther Persky--sister, wife and mother. "The author brings us so completely into her characters' lives that we cannot help but care about every occurrence."--"Publishers Weekly

In this searing novel of family, grief, and memory, a Canadian Jewish family is flung back together by the loss of one of its members at the hands of a drunken driver. The bereaved must now strive to keep alive the memory of Esther Persky--sister, wife and mother. "The author brings us so completely into her characters' lives that we cannot help but care about every occurrence."--"Publishers Weekly

Bilingual collection of 32 contemporary Russian poets writing in the tumult of the 1990s.

A satire of emigre life in Israel and a spiritual, literary exploration that transcends national borders.

Anthology of contemporary Ukrainian literature in English translation.

Simply the best writing from China, Taiwan, and Chinese authors in exile.