News at Eleven: Issue 12 of n+1 [3] magazine features six

of [Yitzhak] Laor's poems, presented both in the original and my translation. Here are three--from radically disparate periods in Laor's career. What unites them are biblical allusion and a doubting of language's capacity to effect political change--a crisis marked by flares of rage and humor.

To read more of Laor's work, you can purchase [4] the current issue of n+1.

Take Care, Soldier

Don't die, soldier, hold the radiophone,

from Tablet: War Poet

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