New Translations of Experimental Yiddish Poet Celia Dropkin Published at Jacket2 May 14, 2013: Now this is news: A decade of translating work from Samuel Solomon, Jennifer Kronovet, and Faith Jones has led to the publication of new translations of experimental Yiddish poet Celia Dropkin (1887-1956) at Jacket2, with an amazing note from Jerome Rothenberg on the poet: Among the more experimental Yiddish poets in early [...] by Harriet Staff

‘Shaking The Pumpkin’ Reissued March 27, 2013: We're thrilled to hear that Station Hill is any day now reissuing Shaking The Pumpkin: Traditional Poetry of The Indian North Americas, edited by Jerome Rothenberg. First published in 1972 by Doubleday Anchor, this anthology was, as Rothenberg wrote in the "Pre-Face, "a step "toward the construction of an experimental ethnopoetics"  and an [...] by Harriet Staff

O! Tricky Cad & Other Jessoterica March 11, 2013: In "Poems and Poetics," a regular column Jacket2, Jerome Rothenberg highlights a recent title from Siglo Press featuring collages by Jess, Robert Duncan's long-term partner. If you're not immediately excited by this announcement, Jess's biography on the Siglo Press website will pique your interest: JESS (1923-2004), born Burgess Collins [...] by Harriet Staff

Considering the Long-Lost Rose Drachler September 24, 2012: Christine Meilicke writes for Jerome Rothenberg's Poems and Poetics about the severely unknown poet Rose Drachler, who began to write and publish in her fifties and sixties: "Her first publisher was a young poet—David Meltzer, the editor of the kabbalistic magazine Tree and publisher of Tree books. Drachler’s first books were two chapbooks, [...] by Harriet Staff

Looking at Jerome Rothenberg’s Polish Trilogy, Triptych August 21, 2012: Awesomely, people remember 2007 and are writing about books published then, well, now. In particular: The Fiend Journal has just posted a review of one of our favorites, Jerome Rothenberg's Triptych (Poland/1931, Khurbn, The Burning Babe), entitled "The Shaman of Subversion: Jerome Rothenberg’s Radical Deconstructions." Yep: "Triptych brings [...] by Harriet Staff