poems from africa II.

Millwood, New York:: Haybarn Press,, 2013.. Edition of 70. 8.5 x 11"; 24 pages. Text is set in Palatino type font. Letterpress printing on acid-free Stonehenge. Hand-colored frontispiece print on Rives BFK. Accompanying visuals printed from the artist's Mylar plates. Laid in portfolio of Canapetta cloth-covered boards with paper title label tipped on front board. Ribbon tie closure. Signed by Colker and Konner. Numbered. Ed Coker, Artist's preface: "This portfolio was conceived as a centenary tribute to the Lithuanian-Israeli poet Avrohom (Abraham) Sutzkever, 1913 - 2010. Earlier works appeared in 2004, Beneath the trees with translations by Barnett Zumoff, and in 2005, Elephants by Night with translations by Melvin Konner, both as limited editions from Haybarn Press studio. "Beneath the trees, in Yiddish and English, included a number of poems of the World War II years, when the poet was a partisan fighter. Elephants by Night contained texts drawn from and inspired by the poet's visit to the countries of Africa in 1950. We spoke about the renewed interest of young people in those works during our last conversations. "I have selected eleven new poems - plus two from the 2005 edition - sharing the African moments and responses, again translated by Melvin Konner." Notes: "Abraham Sutzkever ... settled in Israel in 1947 where, in 1948, he founded the Yiddish journal of literature Di Goldene Keyt (The Golden Chain). "Melvin Konner, M.D., Ph.D., translator is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology at Emory University where he also teaches in the human biology and Jewish studies programs. "Ed Colker, painter and graphic artist, founded the not-for-profit Haybarn Press studio initially as Editions du Grenier in 1960 for publishing of fine art limited editions in collaboration with poets and in response to poetic texts.