My Father's Hands Spoke in Yiddish

Download or read book My Father's Hands Spoke in Yiddish written by Karen Shenfeld and published by Guernica Editions. This book was released on 2010 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karen Shenfeld's careful, concentrated language draws the reader in. Hers is a charged, physical world where figure skates are ?a shock of alpine white, ? and the Torah's ?crowned letters dance.? It is also a world marked by profound metaphysical connections where fireflies flash ?coded signals of their secret selves.? There is an irresistible brilliance and humour to several of the poems and Shenfeld's tributes to her redhot Jewish mamas - Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, and Sophie Tucker - will leave the lover of poetry wishing she?d offered more. - Kenneth Sherma