Sutzkever's definitive statement on the creative imperative in the shadow of catastrophe and on the transcendent power of the Yiddish word has been artfully translated by Zackary Sholem Berger. Liora Ostroff's illustrations make this an elegant volume for lovers of poetry.

-Justin Cammy, translator of Sutzkever, From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony, and Professor of World Literatures, Smith College

"Usually one reads Sutskever's poems in poetry anthologies, one after the other. Berger's book slowly soaks in the difficult rhythm and long lines of a single poem. On each page, the reader's gaze wanders between the Yiddish source above and the English translation below, and between the pages one pauses at the charming background illustrations by Liora Ostroff. No digital copy can replace this experience of slowly reading and turning the pages."

-Mikhail Krutikov in the Yiddish Forward