Prairie Schooner and its editorship are endowed in perpetuity by the Glenna Luschei Fund at the University of Nebraska Foundation.
Lectures, Discussions, Panels
Lecture and Poetry Reading
- Yidishkayt
Prairie Schooner Presents
New Jewish Poetry - Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 2pm
- $12 | $10 members | $8 students
- For reservations call 312.322.1743 or email rsvp@spertus.edu
Hilda Raz and Jehanne Dubrow of the prestigious national literary quarterly Prairie Schooner present poetry from a special issue that examines today's revived interest in yidishkayt, or Jewishness.
Irreverent and devout, modern and traditional, featured writers interpret yidishkayt though verse, through translations from Yiddish and Hebrew, and even through prose. Contributors include noted poets Ira Sadoff, Marge Piercy, Marilyn Hacker, Alicia Ostriker, Mark Halperin, Rodger Kamenetz, and Linda Pastan.
Hilda Raz is the Editor-in-Chief of Prairie Schooner, now in its 81st year of publication, as well as founder, editor, and director of the Prairie Schooner Book Prizes in Short Fiction and Poetry, and Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska. Her recent books include What Becomes You with Aaron Link and two books of poems, Trans and Divine Honors.
Jehanne Dubrow is the portfolio editor of Yidishkayt: Prairie Schooner. She was born in Vicenza, Italy, and grew up in Yugoslavia, Zaire, Poland, Belgium, Austria, and the United States. She received her BA from St. John’s College and her MFA from the University of Maryland, and is currently pursuing a PhD in creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Hudson Review, Tikkun, The New England Review, and Poetry Northwest.