Looking Back, Going Forward: New and Selected Poems
by By Taube, Herman
Category: Poetry , American , General

The work of poet and novelist Herman Taube reveals the inner world of a  tormented yet loving soul, a world of deep richness and passion. Looking Back, Going Forward includes  recent English translations of poems Taube originally wrote in Polish  and Yiddish about his World War II experiences in Poland, Siberia,  Uzbekistan, Russia, and Pomerania. It also includes poems dealing with  emigration to the United States in 1947, his continuing work as a  journalist, and a life that has been dedicated to service in Jewish  communities and his expanding family.Distributed for Dryad Press.