San Francisco, CA: Amerus Press, 1977. First Printing. Softcover. “Alexander Kohav’s journey from a Soviet Union whose politic he fled to a western welfare state wwhose politic he reveals in all its absurd chaos, is canvassed in his longest poem, EMIGROARIUM, composed in San Francisco during the winter of 1976-77. Of his works to date, EMIGROARIUM is his most ambitious effort. The futurism which Kohav adheres to is in the..... More

San Francisco, CA: Beatitude Press, 1976. First Printing. “Orange Voice was written by the Russian poet-painter, Alexander Kohav, in Jerusalem in 1974. I translated it, with the help of the author and the guiding light of Kristen Wetterhahn (Kashtan-vinyah Segodnyah?), in the cafes of North Beach during the summer of 1976. As a media-poem which counterpoints the four elements symphonically and utilizes the page graphically, Orange Voice seems to me..... More

Berkeley, CA: Sam Silver, 1976. Original Photograph. "Orange Voice was written by the Russian poet-painter, Alexander Kohav, in Jerusalem in 1974. I translated it, with the help of the author and the guiding light of Kristen Wetterhahn (Kashtan-vinyah Segodnyah?), in the cafes of North Beach during the summer of 1976. As a media-poem which counterpoints the four elements symphonically and utilizes the page graphically, Orange Voice seems to me expressly..... More