In the activist verse of this poetic warrior, always committed, the actual world is never out of mind, even in his most intimate poems. Kabbalist, populist, and communist, Hirschman has published over sixty books of his own poetry, and this representative selection is a cross-section of his poetic output, spanning many years and mutations. When he reads aloud, the words take fire, and on the page they crackle and spark.
-Hirschman is tender but tough, with a steel fist in his velvet glove.- --San Francisco Chronicle
-What this poet brings to us, beyond ideology, is the...
In the activist verse of this poetic warrior, always committed, the actual world is never out of mind, even in his most intimate poems. Kabbalist, ...
Passionate and engaged poems that grab you by the collar.By turns angry, tender, loving, satiric, Brugnaro is Italy's best-known working-class poet. His poems are skillfully crafted, clear, and filled with powerful images. Fist of Sun contains selections from three of Brugnaro's major works -- We Should Affirm, The Silence Doesn't Rule, and The Clear Stars of These Nights.
Passionate and engaged poems that grab you by the collar.By turns angry, tender, loving, satiric, Brugnaro is Italy's best-known working-class poet. H...
In verses that fuse highly original imagery with exuberant rhythms, Efrain Huerta probes the cultures of both Mexico and "el Norte," from the impact of racism in Mississippi to political corruption in Mexico. Since he demanded for life and art the same freedom he demanded for politics, his poetry is often erotic. His poems are passionate outcries to love and justice, characterized by original metaphors and an acerbic wit that earned him the nickname "Crocodile." "
In verses that fuse highly original imagery with exuberant rhythms, Efrain Huerta probes the cultures of both Mexico and "el Norte," from the impact o...
"Open Gate" is the first bilingual volume of Haitian Creole poetry published in English. Seven years in the making, this anthology is the result of the dedication of its editors and translators, Paul Laraque, Jack Hirschman and the Haitian poet Boadiba, as well as Max Manigat, one of the first teachers of Creole on the university level who was an invaluable advisor.
The editors focus on contemporary Creole poetry that reflects the struggle for human rights in Haiti. The book is divided into three sections: Pioneers of Modern Haitian Creole poetry, beginning with the founder of modern...
"Open Gate" is the first bilingual volume of Haitian Creole poetry published in English. Seven years in the making, this anthology is the result of...
"Art on the Line" is a collection of essays by writers and artists speaking about where their social commitment and their art intersect. These essays illuminate the aesthetics of "engaged art," and include work by artists from Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States.
These socially-engaged artists write about art that moves people to action as well as pleasure, writing about the function of the arts, in the tradition of artists like Bertolt Brecht, Kathe Kollwitz, and Richard Wright. "
"Art on the Line" is a collection of essays by writers and artists speaking about where their social commitment and their art intersect. These essa...
Ismael Ait Djafer's Wail of the Arab Beggars of the Casbah is an underground classic on French oppression in Algeria. On October 20, 1949, in the city of Algiers, Khouni Ahmed, a tubercular beggar is walking along Rue Franklin Roosevelt. He hasn't eaten. He's holding his little daughter, Yasmina, 9, by the hand. A truck approaches. Suddenly, he pushes the child at the wheels. As she doesn't die, he pushes her a second time. Prosecuted two years later in criminal court, Ahmed is declared insane and committed to an asylum.
This horrific event inspired the 22 year-old student Ismael Ait...
Ismael Ait Djafer's Wail of the Arab Beggars of the Casbah is an underground classic on French oppression in Algeria. On October 20, 1949, in t...
"Endless Threshold"is a people's poetry. Not the type of literature that is an individual's expression, brilliant introversion or exhibition of a cry, it's a poetry that makes the suffering and resistence of many the believable essence of life in the US today. Hirschman explores love, life on the streets, hunger, homelessness, and censorship in a lyrical, direct style. A deeply committed activist, Hirschman writes a poetry that is unabashedly political, fired with passion and humor."
"Endless Threshold"is a people's poetry. Not the type of literature that is an individual's expression, brilliant introversion or exhibition of a cry,...
