Introduction 1 ROSE AUSLaNDER (b. 1901) A Biographical Note 16 Mutterland / Motherland 18 Damit kein Licht uns liebe / So That No Light Would Be There to Love Us 20 Am Ende der Zeit / At the End of Time 22 Verwundert / Amazed 24 Die Fremden / Strangers 26 Meine Nachtigall / My Nightingale 28 Im Chagall-Dorf / In Chagall's Village 30 Biographische Notiz / Biographical Note 32 Mein Schlussel / My Key 34 ELISABETH LANGGaSSER (b. 1899) A Biographical Note 38 Fruhling 1946 / Spring 1946 40 NELLY SACHS (b. 1891) A Biographical Note 46 Wenn ich nur wusste / If I Only Knew 48 In der blauen Ferne / In the Blue Distance 50 Bereit sind alle Lander aufzustehn / All the Lands of the Earth 52 In der Flucht / In Flight 54 In diesem Amethyst / In This Amethyst 56 Kommt einer von ferne / If Someone Comes 58 GERTRUD KOLMAR (b. 1894) A Biographical Note 62 Das Opfer / The Victim 64 ELSE LASKERaSCHuLER (b. 1869) A Biographical Note 72 Mein blaues Klavier / My Blue Piano 74 Ich weiss / I Know 76 Herbst / Autumn 78 Abends / In the Evening 80 Meine Mutter / My Mother 82 uber glitzernden Kies / Over Glistening Gravel 84 Ein einziger mensch / A Single Man 86 INGEBORG BACHMANN (b. 1926) A Biographical Note 90 Alle Tage / Every Day 92 Botschaft / Message 94 Die gestundete Zeit / Borrowed Time 96 Dunkles zu sagen / To Speak of Dark Things 98 Herbstmanover / Autumn Maneuver 100 Abschied von England / Departure from England 102 Fruher Mittag / Early Noon 104 Exil / Exile 108 Ihr Worte / You Words 110 MARIE LUISE KASCHNITZ (b. 1901) A Biographical Note 116 Hiroshima / Hiroshima 118 Selinunte / Selinunte 120 Nicht mutig / Not Brave 122 HILDE DOMIN (b. 1909) A Biographical Note 126 Koln / Cologne 128 Geburtstage / Birthdays 130 Exil / Exile 132 DAGMAR NICK (b. 1926) A Biographical Note 136 Flugwetter / Flying Weather 138 Aufruf / Summons 140 Den Generalen ins Soldbuch / In the Book of the Generals 142 Niemandsland / No-Man's-Land 144 An Abel / To Abel 146 Emigration / Emigration 148 Notes 151 Checklists 153 Further Reading 165 Index of Titles 167
Eavan Boland is a poet and writer. Her most recent book is "Against Love Poetry".
"[A] moving and essential new book. These poets have a particular angle of witness that comes from powerlessness, from being vulnerable, injured, marginal, excluded. I'm struck by the personal way these poets confront history, test and interrogate language, especially their mother tongue, question the efficacy of poetry, and repeatedly defend the importance of private feeling."--Edward Hirsch, Washington Post Book World "I like this provocative book quite a lot: it is full of beautiful poems written under the worst historical conditions possible. It makes you think about the connection between lyric beauty (there's lots of it here) and testimony."--Dan Chiasson, Poetry
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