| #2367765 in Books | 2009-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.10 x.40 x6.10l,.44 | File type: PDF | 80 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| With vision, but without sight?|By Gary Sprandel|While Ezekiel was exiled from Jerusalem. Kaufman immigrated there in 1983. Perhaps like Ezekiel, she offers insight and prophesy into the future .. a future for her that may include loss of sight and memory. But prophets have a special sight. In Ezekiel's Wheels she writes "Getting used to it/ used to what/ what/ Going blind.|About the Author|
Shirley Kaufman is the author of seven books of poetry and several translations from the Hebrew. Her awards include the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award. A native of Seattle, Ka
“Progressive, passionate, and unfailingly feminist, Kaufman is a breathtakingly fine poet.”—The Nation
“If someone is going to be exalted as a representative voice of Jewish or Israeli life in contemporary American poetry, one couldn’t ask for a more insightful or mature writer to assume such an impossible role.”—The Jerusalem Post
