Reviews of Look There

“[Mishol] takes up political subjects with a sly delicacy reminiscent of the Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska’s best work….Katz captures Mishol’s subtle combination of tenacity and mischief.”—New York Times Book Review

“Mishol’s poems are soundly plotted and rooted in deep reflection….A highly education and enjoyable read.”—KLIATT

“Agi Mishol’s poems feel perfectly weighted. Her mix of honest empathy and care (‘I who am not exempt from anything—’) and elegant wit (‘I read into the darkness quickly / the words I thought of so slowly’) is deeply touching and enlivening. This is a voice and a spirit to welcome and to live with, gratefully.” —Naomi Shihab Nye

“In contemporary Israeli poetry, intense, white flames appear against the dark, burning background, whose smoke is greater than the fire. Those with eyes in their heads can see: Agi Mishol’s poetry is one of the brightest of these flames.” —Dan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew Literature, Columbia University

“Agi Mishol’s poems know how to tell a tale, to sing a song and also dance—all at one and the same time. I love the splendid surprises in them, the subtle and exact sadness, and the mysterious manner by which she makes this sadness overflow with a hidden joy. Agi Mishol is a wonderful poet.” —Amos Oz

“With Look There, Lisa Katz’s selection and translation of Mishol’s work, we have the chance to discover a mature and individual lyric poet who draws music mainly from her own consciousness.” —Isaac Meyers, The Jewish Daily

“These engaging poems by Agi Mishol are sparked by sensuous appetites, a nimble wit and a firmly grounded moral intelligence. Whether she writes about love or politics, her survivor parents or her own strategies for survival, Mishol confronts painful realities with spirit and imagination. Beautifully translated by Lisa Katz, Look There introduces the reader of English to a significant contemporary poet.” —Chana Bloch, Translator of Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai