Beschreibung:
Gary Pacernick is a professor of English, Wright State University, and the author of Memory and Fire: Ten American Jewish Poet, Sing a New Song: American Jewish Poetry since the Holocaust; and The Jewish Poems.
Is any poet born a Jew a Jewish poet, or must one incorporate Jewish text and sources to be considered one? The author explores what it means to be a Jewish poet by conducting interviews with poets including Stanley Kunitz, Philip Levine, Alicia Ostriker, Allan Ginsberg, and Denise Levertov.