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Reviewed on November 1, 2019 | Arts & Humanities
Most American readers won't understand the original Hebrew of poems sitting edge to edge with their English translations in Adaf's fine collection, a meditation on the death of his 43-year-old sister. Nor are we likely to be familiar with the Talmudic, Rabbinic, and biblical references that color his lines. But in Adaf's incantatory efforts to keep his sister's spirit alive, we can recognize a universa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More