{"product_id":"a-jewish-word-or-two-joel-bettridge-9781685970895","title":"A Jewish Word or Two: Charles Reznikoff's Modernism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe son of Jewish immigrants from Russia to New York, Charles Reznikoff found himself at the intersection of modernist innovation, ethnic otherness, and economic hardship. He both appreciated the modernists' formal radicalism and critiqued their political failings--a task he accomplished by writing short lyric poems depicting the hardship and charm of urban life, as well as long poems presenting histories of horrific violence, from factory accidents to the Holocaust. But despite his contributions to American poetry, Reznikoff has remained a somewhat secondary figure, in part because his work--at times--is painful to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Jewish Word or Two\u003c\/i\u003e recasts Reznikoff 's poetry as pleasurable and masterful even when disturbing. In their humor, their encounters with Jewish history, holiness, and identity, as well as their use of drama, horror, joy, and beauty, Reznikoff 's poems help us celebrate what is simultaneously strange, surprising, lovely, and uncanny in our everyday lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Bettridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685970893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685970895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Joel Bettridge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082449232127,"sku":"9781685970895","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f0228e6-34fc-4435-b4ea-5b662f195954.jpg?v=1787611284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-jewish-word-or-two-joel-bettridge-9781685970895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}