Proletpen: America's Rebel Yiddish Poets, Edited by Amelia Glaser and David Weintraub, Translated by Amelia Glaser Dybbuk The writers arrived in America

The writers arrived in America in every decade from the 1890s to the 1920s

and love of the natural world

Glinter’s introductions to the thematic sections and short biographies of the contributors provide insight into the concerns of not only the writers but also their avid readers

with translations performed by a cast including Carl Reiner

played a pivotal role in the migration of works of art from Europe to the United States and in the triumph of modern art

Proletpen: America's Rebel Yiddish Poets, Edited by Amelia Glaser and David Weintraub, Translated by Amelia Glaser Dybbuk The writers arrived in AmericaBilingual Yiddish English text Staff Pick: David Mazower, Yiddish Book Center bibliographer and editorial director Yiddish writers in America wrote extensively about racial discrimination and civil rights. This groundbreaking anthology translates for the first time a little known body of poetry by American Yiddish authors on the left from the 1920s to the early 1950s. The themes range from the Scottsboro trial and civil rights protests to the Spanish