Jake Marmer
Articles by Jake Marmer
Poetry on Demand
Reputedly, Rachmaninoff once said: “There’s no such thing as inspiration. You sit down and do the work.” There’s so much ...
Poem as a Noisy Mediterranean Duplex
About a decade ago I read a Billy Collins poem called “Advice to Writers,” where this former U.S. Poet Laureate ...
Herring in an Overcoat (Herring Pie)
A resourceful and flavorful herring dish, straight from the shtetl.
Esther: The Whole (Operatic) Megillah
This season, New York City Opera brought back on stage the late Hugo Weisgall’s Esther, a contemporary work based on ...
A Visit with Samuel Menashe
One doesn’t get a private priestly blessing every day, with fingers spread out and all; and when it comes from an ...
Underworld Aristocracy
When I first became obsessed with books, at the age of 9 or so, my Russian parents proudly told me: ...
