Proletpen: America's Rebel Yiddish Poets
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In the original with English translation on facing pages, Glaser (Judaic studies, U. of Pennsylvania) presents Yiddish poetry written by American proletarian writers who identified politically and poetically with the American Left from the 1920s to the early 1950s. McCarthy-era political correctness drove the poets and their work from the burgeoning Yiddish canon. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Introduction : the days of proletpen in American Yiddish poetry3New York30My New York street sings36from America38Shadows40from "On the Hudson"42Wolves44By the river48On the street corner52Men54In your eyes60from "To my shtetl years"62A blessing over bread64Italian masons66The miner's family70Sacco and Vanzetti74Vanzetti's ghost76Visiting Jesus82On roads88My father the foundryman100Two songs of a blacksmith108At the machine112The machine114Figaro116Strike120The call122Chandeliers124Shir Asheydim Ansher126from "Going up"128Negro song136Scottsboro138Scottsboro142Done a good job144Neckst152Grand Central by night158Negro on the subway160Whiteness164A Negro dies166Jim the janitor is dead170The fly176Hounds howl at the moon178Earth dream182Breath of spring186Winter190The hungerdance192The man who is out of work talks to his son about the sunset198Ballad of the night200Rain202When the moon isn't shining204To a butterfly208Bring me your woes220Strike of the coal miners222In any case226The old woman228My October song230Vengeance232Eviction fight234Rosa Luxemburg236Anna Pauker238We are the heirs242Not-a244Kh'hob dikh lib254To my beloved256Triangle258Threesome260Your arms262Sonnet and duet for flapper and poet264Fight and play266My heart270My Bas-Sheva272A kiss276In pencil278The song284I have not woven my poems ...286Today288Sergei Yesenin290Morris Winchevsky294To Mani Leyb298Hands300The brave coward302Out of the depths310Dead chrysanthemums312Spanish lullaby318Andalusian landscape322No Pasaran326War lullaby330Greetings from my shtetl (a letter from Poland)332My shtetl on the Dnestr336Child, you new man338Toye-voye340Word346Her three unborn baby boys354Suicide360A third362The man who hanged himself366A man falls at work370Selfwriting372Without God's blessing374Kaddish376Afterwards378Gambling380
