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The Dream of the Poem: "A brilliant and original body of Hebrew verse.... In Peter Cole's rich new anthology, the extent of [this] astonishing achievement is fully revealed for the first time in English.... His versions are masterly." Eric Ormsby, The New York Times Book Review
"Peter Cole's work is an entire revelation: a body of lyric and didactic verse so intense, so intelligent, and so vivid that it appears to identify a whole dimension of historical consciousness previously unavailable to us. His work represents the finest labor of poetic translation that I have seen for many years.... The Dream of the Poem is a crowning achievement." Richard Howard |
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The Poetry of Kabbalah: Mystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition Translated and Annotated by Peter Cole Yale University Press, April 2012 Co-edited and with an afterword by Aminadav Dykman
“Peter Cole brings his unparalleled, remarkable gifts as a translator and scholar of Hebrew poetry to the world of Jewish mystical literature. In this groundbreaking, panoramic view of Jewish mystical poetics, Cole offers fresh, often stunning translations that will delight both scholars and general readers alike. Studded with insight, and written with great verve, this book will become a classic.” Lawrence Fine Mt. Holyoke College
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J'accuse
"In his fusions of the sensual and the spiritual, the ordinary and the exalted, the sexual in the suffering psyche and the intelligent consciousness searching and spinning through history, myth and layers of language, Shabtai is one of the most exciting poets writing anywhere, and certainly the most audacious. The poems have a wonderful almost vertiginous energy, an enormous erudition, and a startling, finally inspiring candor. Brilliantly translated by Peter Cole." C.K. Williams |
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So What: New & Selected Poems,
"Some of the finest translations of modern Arabic verse that I have ever read." Robyn Creswell, The National
"A wise, smart, canny, superbly gifted and totally original poet." Gerald Stern |
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War & Love, Love & War: New and Selected Poems Aharon Shabtai New Directions, 2010
"Cole does a remarkable job bringing lightness and immediacy to Shabtai's quotidian observations and depth to his spiritual delvings, making [War & Love, Love & War] an excellent introduction to a vast and varied oeuvre." Publishers Weekly
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Hebrew Writers on Writing "Exciting.... An invaluable anthology, by turn delightful, surprising and thought-provoking.... Cole's contribution is three–fold: first in his selections, second in his deft translations... and lastly in the biographical and critical headnotes, each a marvel of compression and insight." The Jerusalem Report
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