The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

On the Side of Life, Not Death: The Importance of Poetry in the World

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Ed Colker—artist, designer, and teacher—speaks about the purpose of poetry and how it manifests in the world.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ed Colker.

This excerpt is in English.

Ed Colker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1927.