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Agi Mishol

In his New York Times book review of Look There (2006), Joel Brouwer wrote: "Mishol... takes up political subjects with a sly delicacy reminiscent of the Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska’s best work".

In 2006 Naomi Shihab Nye wrote: "Agi Mishol's poems feel perfectly weighted. Her mix of honest empathy and care and elegant wit is deeply touching and enlivening."

Mishol's poems have been composed by various Israeli artists including Korin Alal, Yehudit Ravitz and Ori Leshman, and adapted into theatrical works such as"Yanshufot" (Owls, 2004).

Salman Masalha

Agi Mishol, Selected Poems, Masharef, No. 17, pp 159–169, 2002


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