A Source Which Is Also a Translation: Toward an Expanded-Yiddish Poetics, with Special Reference to Charles Bernstein.

The author explores the association of Yiddish poetics to the writings of American poet Charles Bernstein. Topics discussed include the conversation between Bernstein and fellow poet Hannah Weiner on the textual imagination of the idea of the astral in accordance to Jewish traditions, the attitude of Bernstein towards the translation of poetry, and comparison between the legacies of Bernstein and poet Jerome Rothenberg in the fields of poetry and art.