Adriana X. Jacobs

Money, So Much Money: Reading Tahel Frosh’s Avarice

In this article, I address the work of the Israeli poet Tahel Frosh, whose debut collection Avarice (2014) advances a critical commentary on neoliberalism and the privatization of the Israeli economy. Against official accounts of Israel’s economic history and their emphasis on de...

Poetic Currency: A Poetry Dossier

Across centuries and languages, poets have articulated the power of capital in their lives—how it exerts control over bodies and homes, and how it determines the visibility, circulation, and exchange of texts. This dossier offers a collection of world poetry that addresses money,...