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Arguing with the Storm: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers
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Arguing with the Storm: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers
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Arguing with the Storm: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers
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Their stories range from the wryly humorous—a girl seeking a wet nurse for her cousin brings him to a
, with dire consequences—to the bittersweet, as a once-idealistic revolutionary now sees her hopes for humanity as “fantasy.” The title is from a poem that describes a widow arguing with a storm that threatens her harvest. It is a metaphor for the Holocaust, whose dark cloud was rising.
is a joy to read and a tribute to all those women, who, in arguing with the storm, fought to protect their families and way of life.
The anthology includes works by Sarah Hamer-Jacklyn, Bryna Bercovitch, Anne Viderman, Malka Lee, Frume Halpern, Rochel Bruches, Paula Frankel-Zaltzman, Chava Rosenfarb, and Rikuda Potash.
teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia and is the author of six critically acclaimed books of poetry, most recently
. She collected these tales with the help of the Winnipeg Women’s Yiddish Reading Circle.