David Cooper: Poet, Literary Translator, and Book Critic

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

davidfcooper: Book Review: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker | New York Journal of Books

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My review of The Golem and the Jinni | New York Journal of Books. Also see additional remarks in my examiner.com article.

Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni
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I am a poet, literary translator, and book critic. Download my two poetry collections from my website: http://davidfcooper.com/, and buy my translation of Rachel Eshed's "Little Promises": http://goo.gl/ajF8l. My translation of Israeli poet Rachel Eshed’s book Little Promises is published in a bilingual edition by Mayapple Press. In its Hebrew original, this collection of intense erotic poetry won the 1992 AKUM prize in Israel. My translation of one of the poems in Little Promises was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Novelist Tsipi Keller says , “It is hard to speak of Rachel Eshed’s poetry without mentioning ‘fire’ : her poems virtually burn on the page, and David Cooper’s renditions not only do justice to the the original but magnify its richness.” PDF files of my two poetry collections, Glued To The Sky and JFK: Lines of Fire (PulpBits, 2003) can be downloaded on my website. I am also a voting member of the National Book Critics Circle. You can read my reviews here: http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/reviewer/david-cooper.
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