Reviews/Criticism
Favorites:
Liner Notes for Hasidic New Wave boxset – republished in Tablet, November 2012.
Deeper Than Nostalgia: Jamie Saft’s “Borscht Belt Studies” – Forward Blog, January 2012.
Seeking Jazz or Sex Or Soup? Allen Ginsberg in Print, Film, and Comic – Forward, September 2010.
Engineering Epic Poetry: Louis Zukofsky Is Back in Print – Forward, July 2011.
Love Is Talk: More Than a Dialogue’ Between Poet Paul Celan and Ilana Shmueli – in collaboration with Shoshana Olidort for the Forward, July 2011.
Everything:
Interview with Don Byron – Forward, Apr 2013.
On Michael Winograd’s klez album “Storm Game” – Forward, Jan 2013.
Liner Notes for Hasidic New Wave boxset – republished in Tablet, November 2012.
On Adeena Karasick’s “This Poem” – Forward, November 2012.
Guitar Pedals & Goat Strings: Shanir Blumenkranz’s Abraxas – Forward Blog, November 2012.
On Lou Reed & Delmore Schwartz – Tablet Magazine, October 2012.
on David Krakauer’s Pruflas – Forward Blog, July 2012.
Thoughts That Move in Space: Hank Lazer’s N18 – Forward, June 2012.
Fierce About Poetry: Interview with Philip Levine – Tablet Magazine, April 2012.
The Candy Store Poet: On Herschel Silverman – Tablet Magazine, April 2012.
Deeper Than Nostalgia: Jamie Saft’s “Borscht Belt Studies” – Forward Blog, January 2012.
Poetry on Demand – Jewish Book Council and MJL, Jan 2012.
Poem as a Noisy Mediterranean Duplex – Jewish Book Council and MJL, Jan 2012.
On Nathaniel Mackey’s “From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate” – Callalloo: A Journal of African Diaspora of Arts and Letters – Fall 2011.
John Zorn’s Dreamer’s Christmas album – Tablet Magazine, December 2011.
Interview with Admiel Kosman and Lisa Katz – The Forward, December 2011.
On Jerome Rothenberg’s Biography of Lost Poems – The Forward, October 2011.
Beyond Poetry: Ammiel Alcalay – Forward Blog, September 2011.
Invitation to Protest: Poetic Summon From Anat Levin – Forward Blog, September 2011.
Elsewhere: Andre Aciman’s ‘Alibis’ – Tablet Magazine, September 2011.
Niche Closed: On Passing of Samuel Menashe – Forward Blog, August 2011.
How Real is Philip Levine? – Forward Blog, August 2011.
Engineering Epic Poetry: Louis Zukofsky Is Back in Print – Forward, July 2011.
Love Is Talk: More Than a Dialogue’ Between Poet Paul Celan and Ilana Shmueli – in collaboration with Shoshana Olidort for the Forward, July 2011.
Three Kangaroo Poems from Judith Baumel – Forward Blog, July 2011.
Full Bloom: On Bella Meyer, New York Florist & grand-daughter of Marc Chagall – in collaboration with Shoshana Olidort for Tablet Magazine, June 2011.
Daniel Kahn’s “Lost Causes” CD – Forward Blog, June 2011.
Dog-Eared Poetry: Three Works by Erica Baum – Forward Blog, June 2011.
Poetic Resources of Jewish Folklore: Three Works by Howard Schwartz – Forward Blog, June 2011.
Jerry Rothenberg feature/a> – Forward Blog, May 2011.
Poetry Month Special in the Forward: interviews and also and brief intro – Forward, April 2011.
John Zorn Goes Beyond Collage With ‘Interzone’ – Forward Blog, March 2011.
As a Woman, Being Reborn: Joy Ladin’s “Coming to Life” – Forward, February 2011.
Shakin’ That Melancholy With the Afro-Semitic Experience – Forward Blog, February 2011.
Concrete Poetry or Shiviti? Four Works by Hank Lazer – Forward Blog, February 2011.
Love Poetry in the Time of Conflict: Aharon Shabtai’s Erotic and Political Passions – Forward, December 2010.
Seeking Jazz or Sex Or Soup? Allen Ginsberg in Print, Film, and Comic – Forward, September 2010.
Introducing Maya Pindyck (A Tel Aviv State of Mind) – Forward, October 2010.
Seeking Jazz or Sex Or Soup? Massive review of Ginsberg’s legacy – Forward, September 2010.
Introducing Renee Blitz, Rant as a Jewish Art Form – Forward, August 2010.
Introducing Ronny Someck, a Sun Sonnet – Forward, July 2010.
On Deep Tones for Peace project – Forward, July 2010.
Troubadors of Post-Modernity: David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg – Forward, June 2010.
Oh, Herring! – MJL, April 2010.
Fussing on the Cliff: Charles Bernstein’s new book – Forward, Mar 2010
For the Love of Chrain! – MJL, Mar 2010
Blog Piece on Tuli Kupferberg’s Tribute/Fundraiser – Forward’s Bintel Blog, Mar 2010
Reviewing the Blue Jew Yorker – Forward, Jan 2010
Orgies on the Green Line: Poetry of Jasmine Donahaye – Forward, Jan 2010
To (Richard) Hell and Back - Forward, Dec 2009
Transports of Jazz: Herman Leonard’s Time Machine - Forward, Dec 2009
Philip Levine’s News of The World - Forward, Nov 2009
Chana Bloch’s ‘Blood Honey’: Where Abraham Meets Baba Yaga - Forward, Nov 2009
Jennifer Kronovet’s “Awayward” is Way Inward – Forward, Oct 2009
The Shrine Whose Shape I Am: The Poetry of Samuel Menashe – Forward, Sep 2009
Isaac Babel: Gangsters, beggars, prostitutes and other inhabitants of Jewish Odessa – MJL, Aug 2009
A Visit with Samuel Menashe - MJL, July 2009
