The world according to Itzik : selected poetry and prose

Content: ""Contents""
 ""Let Us Sing Simply""
 ""Introduction""
 ""POETRY""
 ""Itzik�s Midrash""
 ""Introduction""
 ""The Sacrifice of Itzik""
 ""I Praise Thee Lord""
 ""Eve and the Apple Tree""
 ""Eve Brings Adam the Apple""
 ""Abraham Scolds Lot""
 ""Lot�s Daughters""
 ""Abraham and Sarah""
 ""Hagar�s Last Night in Abraham�s House""
 ""Hagar Leaves Abraham�s House""
 ""Hagar on Her Journey""
 ""Abraham Takes Itzik to the Sacrifice""
 ""The Patriarch Abraham Gets a Letter""
 ""Rachel Goes to the Well for Water""
 ""The Patriarch Jacob Meets Rachel""
 ""Leah Brings Mandrakes from the Field"" ""Jacob Teaches the Story of Joseph to His Sons""""Bathsheba""
 ""King David and Abishag""
 ""Abishag Writes a Letter Home""
 ""Cain and Abel""
 ""King David""
 ""Songs of the Megillah""
 ""Prologue""
 ""Invocation""
 ""The Song of the Runner""
 ""How the Blessed Mordecai Found Favor in the Eyes of the King""
 ""Queen Vashti""
 ""The King�s Banquet""
 ""Vashti�s Song of Grief""
 ""Queen Vashti Being Led to Execution""
 ""Esther Getting Ready for the King""
 ""Mordecai Leaving Esther�s Wedding""
 ""Fastrigosso�s Elegy""
 ""Queen Esther Can�t Sleep""
 ""Fastrigosso Dreaming"" ""The Blessed Mordecai, the Mediator""""The Queen Comes to the King""
 ""Fastrigosso Has the Birds Carry a Greeting to Esther""
 ""Haman Telephones Vayzosse, the Editor, at His Office""
 ""Fonfosso, the Master Tailor, Delivers a Eulogy on Fastrigosso""
 ""The King Ahasuerus After the Assassination Attempt""
 ""Mordecai Comes to Queen Esther""
 ""Wicked Haman Can�t Sleep""
 ""Wicked Haman in the King�s Courtyard""
 ""Fonfosso and His Apprentices Sew a Uniform for Haman""
 ""Pious Mordecai Waits for Satan""
 ""The Master Tailor, Fonfosso, Prepares to Fast""
 ""Queen Esther, Fasting "" ""Haman Gets Ready for the Masked Ball""""The King Is Angry""
 ""Haman Being Taken to the Gallows""
 ""The Master Tailor, Fonfosso, Presides over a Banquet""
 ""Fastrigosso�s Mother Lights a Memorial Candle""
 ""Ballads""
 ""The Ballad of the Man Who Went from Gray to Blue""
 ""Erotic Ballad""
 ""The Ballad of the Necklace of Stars""
 ""The Ballad of the Blue Pitchers""
 ""Ballad""
 ""The Ballad of the Man Riding to the Fair""
 ""Hospital Ballad""
 ""Old-Fashioned Ballad""
 ""The Ballad of the Crucified and the Verminous Man""
 ""The Ballad of the White Glow""
 ""Occasional Poems"" ""In the Train""""Baal Shem""
 ""Satan�s Prayer""
 ""Evening""
 ""Saint Besht""
 ""Like a Murderer""
 ""With Silent Steps""
 ""November""
 ""At the Kolomey Station""
 ""Twilight""
 ""The Words of the Journeyman Tailor Notte Manger to the Poet""
 ""There Is a Tree That Stands""
 ""Rabenu Tam""
 ""Reb Levi Yitskhok""
 ""Since Yesterday""
 ""For Years I Wallowed""
 ""Epilogue""
 ""PROSE""
 ""Autobiographical Episodes""
 ""Childhood Years in Kolomey""
 ""At Grandmother Taube�s in Stopchet""
 ""A Portrait of a Tailor�s Workshop""
 ""Fiction""
 ""Excerpts from The Book of Paradise""