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This book, THE GOLDEN PEACOCK: THE VOICE OF THE YIDDISH WRITER Bilingual, accompanies a spoken word recording of 12 Yiddish writers reading from their works, both poetry and prose, followed by readings of English translations. It is a unique collection of Yiddish literature and contains the text of each of the works and the English translation, a biography of each writer in English and Yiddish as well as notes in English about each selection. The writers featured are Celia Dropkin, Yankev Glatshteyn, Rokhl Korn, Aron Glanz-Leyeles, H. Leivick, Kadya Molodowsky, Itzik Manger, Avrom Sutzkever, Sholem-Aleichem, Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Yekhiel Shraibman and Elie Wiesel. The English is read by Sheva Zucker and Trudie Kessler, Professor Emeritus of Voice and Acting at The Theatre School/DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. The recording is available either in 2 CDs or as a digital download. The CDs accompany the book only if purchased directly from the editor/producer and may be purchased separately from her. A digital download is available after purchasing the book. Contact sczucker@aol.com.

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You have just discovered a buried treasure: gems of literature excavated and placed into your hands. Listen, and marvel at what you have found! -Dara Horn, author of Eternal Life The Golden Peacock is a unique compilation of the striking voices of twentieth-century Yiddish poets and prose writers. It treats us to hours of engaging listening. The accompanying texts of the works, in Yiddish and in English translation, along with Zucker's illuminating notes, provide additional richness. -Marcia Falk, poet, translator This collection is truly a treasury of audio history. It's wonderful to hear the voices of these Yiddish writers so present and intimate. This new release makes the works accessible to non-Yiddish speakers in an audible form, in very good translations and movingly read. -Daniel Kahn, singer, songwriter, translator

You have just discovered a buried treasure: gems of literature excavated and placed into your hands. Listen, and marvel at what you have found! -Dara Horn, author of Eternal Life The Golden Peacock is a unique compilation of the striking voices of twentieth-century Yiddish poets and prose writers. It treats us to hours of engaging listening. The accompanying texts of the works, in Yiddish and in English translation, along with Zucker's illuminating notes, provide additional richness. -Marcia Falk, poet, translator This collection is truly a treasury of audio history. It's wonderful to hear the voices of these Yiddish writers so present and intimate. This new release makes the works accessible to non-Yiddish speakers in an audible form, in very good translations and movingly read. -Daniel Kahn, singer, songwriter, translator

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Sheva Zucker - Editor, Producer and Reader - is the author of the textbooks Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vols. I and II, published by the Workermen's Circle. She has taught and lectured on Yiddish language, literature and culture on five continents and has taught Yiddish for many years in the Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture, currently under the auspices of Bard College and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York City. From 2005 to 2020 she served as the executive director of the League for Yiddish and the editor of its magazine Afn Shvel. She is the editor and producer of the CD The Golden Peacock: Voice of the Yiddish Writer (2001).

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