{"title":"Tsipi Keller","description":"\u003cp\u003eTsipi Keller was born in Prague, raised in Israel, and has been living in the United States since 1974. Her short fiction and poetry translations have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship. An anthology that she compiled and translated, \u003cem\u003ePoets on the Edge – An Anthology of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry,\u003c\/em\u003e was published by SUNY Press in 2008. Her translations of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/maya-bejerano\" title=\"Maya Bejerano\"\u003eMaya Bejerano\u003c\/a\u003e’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/translations\/products\/the-hymns-of-job\" title=\"The Hymns of Job\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hymns of Job and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/erez-bitton\" title=\"Erez Bitton\"\u003eErez Bitton\u003c\/a\u003e’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/translations\/products\/you-who-cross-my-path\" title=\"You Who Cross My Path\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou Who Cross My Path\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e were published by BOA Editions in 2008 and 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-hymns-of-job","title":"The Hymns of Job","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaya Bejerano has said that \"Writing is a kind of pretending.\" That \"Poetry gives verbal attire to an elusive and dark world. It's a kind of pretending because it's not the thing itself, but the words that express it.”   Since she published her first poem (1970) in Masa, the literary supplement of Davar, Maya Bejerano has been a strong and distinct presence in contemporary Hebrew poetry. Like many poets of her generation – first generation after WWII –  Maya was born in Israel to immigrant parents (from Bulgaria). To a large extent, the poetry of these poets gives expression to two states of consciousness, one of existential apprehension inherited from their immigrant parents, and one of a wild sense of freedom and liberation. Most of these poets spoke a different language at home, and their encounter with Hebrew was often bewildering, but also invigorating. A lot has been said about the sepulchral weight that Hebrew has had to carry, but in Israel today the Bible and the \"mekorot\" (sources) are an integral part of everyday life and speech. Biblical references and allusions are commonly heard and used side by side with new slang words, and with locutions and technical terms borrowed from the English. This fusion of high and low, of the colloquial and the archaic, makes for interesting and exuberant juxtapositions, both in the language spoken on the street and in the poems. Bejerano’s work typifies this fusion and takes it to new and unique levels. \u003cem\u003eThe Hymns of Job and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume of Bejerano’s work to appear in English translation, thus bringing to the American reader a versatile and original poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRacket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e        \u003cem\u003e   for Dorit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Life racket, sickness racket\u003cbr\u003e happy racket sad racket\u003cbr\u003e spring racket \u003cbr\u003e winter racket \u003cbr\u003e what a racket in me \u003cbr\u003e a racket of the particular and the vague\u003cbr\u003e something wasteful and agreeable\u003cbr\u003e the racket of travel and the racket of love\u003cbr\u003e the racket of weakness or the racket of strength\u003cbr\u003e the racket of brightness and the racket of darkness\u003cbr\u003e the racket of meetings \u003cbr\u003e the racket of longing for distances and fears\u003cbr\u003e and the racket of children blurs them all;\u003cbr\u003e the racket of kisses covers me all over\u003cbr\u003e the racket of festivities the racket of movement \u003cbr\u003e and listening to the racket of speech\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e © BOA Editions, Ltd 2008 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Available editions: \u003cbr\u003e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003e Cloth ISBN: 978-1-934414-16-3\u003cbr\u003e Price: $22.95 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: November 2008\u003cbr\u003e Paperback ISBN: 978-1-934414-17-0\u003cbr\u003e Price: $16.95 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: November 2008\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802417349,"sku":"978-1-934414-17-0","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":8419489861,"sku":"978-1-934414-16-3","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/THE_HYMN_OF_JOB.jpg?v=1527683592"},{"product_id":"you-who-cross-my-path","title":"You Who Cross My Path","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2015 Israel Prize in Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBilingual Edition | Translated from the Hebrew by Tsipi Keller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first U.S. publication of Erez Bitton, one of Israel’s most celebrated poets, recalls the fate of Moroccan Jewish culture with poems both evocative and pure. Considered the founding father of Mizrahi Israeli poetry, a major tradition in the history of Hebrew poetry, Bitton’s bilingual collection dramatically expands the scope of biographical experience and memory, ultimately resurrecting a vanishing world and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eYou Who Cross My Path\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eErez Bitton takes in the world through uniquely sharp senses, and all that his exquisite senses absorb he transmits to us in a clear and precise language like a fine violin whose function is not to glorify the player but the music.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―Dahlia Ravikovitch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eOne cannot overstate the importance of Erez Bitton\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es poetry. At least one of the reasons for this is self-evident: Bitton is the dominant figure in the creation and development of a new and significant tradition in the history of Hebrew poetry—the tradition of Israeli Mizrahi poetry. Many consider him the founding father of this tradition, which dramatically expanded the scope of the biographical experience and cultural memory and became a vital part in the formation of contemporary Hebrew poetry during the last few decades. . . . One is hard-pressed to name another Israeli poet who can claim such an achievement.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―Eli Hirsch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eIt is near impossible to list the number of poets influenced by the poetry of Erez Bitton.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―Mois Ben Harash\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eErez Bitton is among the pioneers who have introduced the issue of identity in Hebrew poetry. His poetic language draws from the Hebrew of the city, the Hebrew of the outskirts, the Hebrew of the Bible and the Sources, as well as from the liturgical poetry of North Africa; he has also pioneered the inclusion of Jewish-Moroccan Arabic in his poems, right alongside the Hebrew. In his work, the experience of emigration and the clash of cultures attain both personal and universal dimensions, and his poems about blindness shed a light on intimate as well as social landscapes. He is the first to have given a rich and moving poetic expression to the \u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003eother\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e and his culture.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―The Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e[Bitton\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es] poetry is not a subjective one, trapped in the private mythology of its creator. One gets the sense that behind each poem there are people, lives, pain and suffering that hold up the poem and endow it with depth and weight far greater than the weight of the poem as a poem.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―Amos Levitan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eBitton\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es poetry may be defined in several ways, some of which, per force, appear contradictory: he is a great rebel within the tradition of contemporary Hebrew poetry, and he is also someone who has gone back to earlier traditions, precisely those that contemporary Hebrew poetry rebelled against. He is the founding father of a new poetic tradition, and is also the inheritor and practitioner of existing traditions. . . . He rebuilds the continuum of memory through family stories and the figures of his parents as an alternative to the dominant history that rejected them.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―Elmog Behar\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublication Date: November 10, 2015\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e978-1938160875\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8420416709,"sku":"9781938160875","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/YouWhoCrossMyPath_Bookstore.jpg?v=1527683795"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/TsipiKeller.JPG?v=1525883511","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/tsipi-keller.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}