Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I. The Classical Trio -- 1 Setting the Stage -- 2 A Whistle of Defiance -- Part II. In America -- 3 The Trials of a Yiddish Writer -- 4 An American Yiddish Poet Visits Poland, 1934 -- Part III. After the Holocaust -- 5 Of a World That Is No More -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.