Justin Cammy

Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable

History & Biography

“Peretz Miransky, the great fabulist of post-war Yiddish literature, comes alive in a daughter’s memoir of regret and forgiveness, language and silence. From the streets of Vilna, where Miransky’s genius first blossomed within a cohort of young Yiddish writers, to his lifelong commitment to his craft and culture, the soul of a poet emerges. In Anna Miransky’s writing, what was lost is suddenly found, allowing us to understand why ‘everything is Yiddish.’”