The Ghetto, and Other Poems by Lola Ridge bilingual and interviews family members

and interviews family members

2014) documents the process of creating a full-scale replica of the 17th century Gwoździec Synagogue

as seen in her preference for free verse and sparing use of rhyme

beyond the heyday of a Yiddish stage that was nearly eradicated by the Holocaust

Brooks has straddled the line between outsider and insider

The Ghetto, and Other Poems by Lola Ridge bilingual and interviews family membersAt last recovered in this enriching annotated edition, this important but neglected work of American modernism offers a unique poetic encounter with the Jewish communities in New Yorks Lower East Side. Long forgotten on account of her gender and left wing politics, Lola Ridge is finally being rediscovered and read alongside such celebrated contemporaries as Hart Crane, William Carlos Williams, and Marianne Mooreall of whom knew her and admired her