Background
Fishman, Charles M. was born on July 10, 1942 in Oceanside, New York, United States. Son of Morris Fishman and Naomi Ades.
( Historical events, however consequential, reduce easily...)
Historical events, however consequential, reduce easily to abstractions that quantify rather than qualify. Statistics, however disturbing, distance us from the responses that they should elicit. Lest we become anesthetized, we turn to fiction or poetry, to searing imagery and compression of language that crystallize for us the immeasurable elements of historic tragedy.A delicate and brave retelling of the Holocaust, The Death Mazurka rediscovers the human equation—numbers assume faces in a catalog of events that dance hauntingly before us. As the most humanistic of histories, this tight cycle of poems is riveting; as art, it engraves an unforgettable portrait of pain and beauty. What Charles Fishman has choreographed, memory will not relinquish.
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(Poetry. Jewish Studies. "The sacred duty of Holocaust rem...)
Poetry. Jewish Studies. "The sacred duty of Holocaust remembrance--commemorating the dead, honoring the living, and posing the pertinent theological, ethical, and political questions generated by the Holocaust--is the substance of Charles Fishman's compelling collection of American Holocaust poetry. Fishman successfully assembles works that render a historically remote and often painfully resisted subject in a manner that makes the catastrophe real....One is grateful for the book's sound critical notes, its exploration of the moral implications of the Holocaust and problematics of writing Holocaust poetry, and its witness to the terrifying truths of human history while asserting the indestructibility of the human spirit. Highly recommended"--Choice.
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(This edition of 500 copies was handset in 12 pt. Garamond...)
This edition of 500 copies was handset in 12 pt. Garamond Old Style with 18 pt. for display handfed and printed on 6x10 Kelsey and bound by hand. A fine stiff wraps copy. Light shelf wear. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages on decorative heavy paper. NOT ex-library. 22pgs. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; ISBN: 0944048005. ISBN/EAN: 9780944048009. Inventory No: 015734.
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Fishman, Charles M. was born on July 10, 1942 in Oceanside, New York, United States. Son of Morris Fishman and Naomi Ades.
Bachelor in English, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1964. Master of Arts in English, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1965. District Attorney in Creative Writing, State University of New York, Albany, 1982.
English teacher Calhoun High School, Merrick, New York, 1965—1966, North Shore High School, Glen Head, 1966—1967, Lindenhurst (New York ) High School, 1967—1970. Distinguished service professor Farmingdale State University, since 1989, director visiting writers program, 1979—1997, director programs in the arts, 1987—1990, director distinguished speakers program, since 2001. Adjunct professor English Stony Brook University, New York, 1997—2001.
Member scholarship committee Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. Coordinator High School partnership Visiting Writers-Farmingdale State, New York. Lecturer in field.
( Historical events, however consequential, reduce easily...)
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(1996 Winner of the Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest)
(This edition of 500 copies was handset in 12 pt. Garamond...)
(Poetry. Jewish Studies. "The sacred duty of Holocaust rem...)
Surrogate father Big Brothers American, Long Island, New York. Online editor Clinton Position Papers, 1992. Consultant in poetry United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, since 1995.
Active Campaign for McGovern. Member of Associated Writing Programs, Poetry Society of America (Gertrude B. Claytor Memorial award 1987).
Married Ellen Haselkorn. Children: Jillana Fishman Esposito, Tamara.