Dinner with Joachim

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Dinner with Joachim

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On this episode of Israel in Translation, Marcela reads three of the six parts of Sharron Hass’s long poem “Dinner With Joachim,” which appears in the most recent issue of the journal Two Lines. “Dinner with Joachim” is from the collection Daylight, which is a critical inquiry into light as the root of rational thought. Text: Sharron Hass, “Dinner with Joachim” translated by Marcela Sulak. Two Lines 29

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Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.

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