Since 1998, a journal for poetry, criticism, reviews, stories and essays edited by Ricardo Nirenberg.

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Ricardo Nirenberg

Born in Argentina, he has taught mathematics in several lands, most recently at The University at Albany, and written in diverse genres.

Two novels: Cry Uncle (1998, The Latino Press, NY) and Wave Mechanics ( Blaurock Press, Canada 2008.)

Find the books at The Bookhouse in Stuyvesant Plaza, on Alibris and on Amazon. Wave Mechanics is also available directly from the publisher.

His writing appears frequently in Offcourse, the e-journal he has edited since 1998.

Please contact him at r.nirenberg@albany.edu. For a more detailed bio and a list of his print publications, see his home page at The University at Albany website.

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Ricardo's pages in Offcourse:

• "The 2010 World Cup", a topical outburst. Summer 2010.
• "The Twilight of the Humanities," an essay. Spring 2010.
• "After the Mayhem at Fort Worth", an essay. December 2009.
• "Two Top Scientists Discuss Life After Death", a story. December 2009.
• Logicomix, an Epic Search for Truth, by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou.  Art by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna.  Bloomsbury, New York, 2009. Reviewed by Ricardo Nirenberg. December 2009.
• "The Element of Surprise", an essay by Ricardo Nirenberg. September 2009.
• "The Truth Shall Make You Laugh" by Ricardo Nirenberg. September 2009.
• "At The Threshold of Alchemy" by John Amen, reviewed by Ricardo Nirenberg. September 2009.
• Words in Air: the Complete Correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell.  Edited by Thomas Travisano with Saskia Hamilton.  Farrar Strauss Giroux, 2008, reviewed by Ricardo Nirenberg. Spring 2009.
• MOM’S CANOE, by Rebecca Foust, Texas Review Press, Huntsville, Texas, 2008, reviewed by Ricardo Nirenberg. Spring 2009.
• "Everything is Possible", an essay by Ricardo Nirenberg. January 2009.
• "Indignation", a novel by Philip Roth, reviewed by Ricardo Nirenberg. January 2009.
• The 2008 Elections by Ricardo Nirenberg. Fall 2008.
• Two Poems in Spanish by Carlos Barbarito with a translation by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 08.
• Two Poems in Spanish by Carlos Barbarito with a translation by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 08.
• "Dark Card", a new book of poems by Rebecca Foust, reviewed by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 08
• "The Southwest and the YMCA", a story by Ricardo Nirenberg. December 2007.
• "Poetry and Reality", Yes-but to a Lecture by Adam Zagajewski, by Ricardo Nirenberg. December 2007.
• Poems by Carlos Barbarito, translated by Ricardo Nirenberg. Spring 2007.
• "The Dissolution of Esthetics", essay by Ricardo Nirenberg. Spring 2007.
• "The Revolt against the Wall", an essay by Ricardo Nirenberg. Fall 2006.
• "Jorge Luis Borges and the European Visitors", by Ricardo Nirenberg. July 2006.
• "Burn the Happy Rabbi", by Ricardo Nirenberg. March 2006.
• Vienna 00, a new collection by Eugene Garber, reviewed by Ricardo Nirenberg. March 2006.
• "More of Me Disappears", a new book of poems by John Amen, reviewed by Ricardo Nirenberg. December 2005.
• "Arthur Rimbaud and Yves Bonnefoy: Two Poetics of the Imagination", by Ricardo Nirenberg, with translations from the French by the author. Fall 2005.
• The Blue Bubble by Ricardo Nirenberg. Spring 2005.
• "The Same, 1952,"  historical fiction by Ricardo Nirenberg. Winter 2005.
• "Loose Leaves from a German Journey", by Ricardo Nirenberg. Fall 2004.
• From the Editor: Inescapable Torture? by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 2004.
• "Baroque Dreams", by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 2004.
• "Baroque Dreams", by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 2004.
• "The Moralist in the Locker Room", an essay by Ricardo L. Nirenberg. Winter 2004
• "Beasts in their Wisdom" by Eugene K. Garber. Review by Ricardo L. Nirenberg. Winter 2004.
• "My Turn to Dream," a story by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 2003.
• "Big Stick," a story by Ricardo Nirenberg. November 2002.
• "Dada in Albany, NY," by Ricardo Nirenberg. November 2002.
• From my Private Journal:  September 11, 2001 , by Ricardo Nirenberg. Fall 2001.
• Academic Caplets, by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 2001.
• "Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus, I, XXIV and XXV", by Ricardo Lida Nirenberg. April 2001.
• "Caplets", by Ricardo Lida Nirenberg. December 2000.
• "Stories of Creation":  an essay by Ricardo Nirenberg. Summer 2000.
• Interview with Philip Schultz by Ricardo Nirenberg. Winter/Spring 2000.
• "Four Festering Sores":  short stories by Ricardo Nirenberg. Fall 1999.
• H, by Ricardo L. Nirenberg. Summer 1999.
• From the Editor, by Ricardo Nirenberg. Spring 1999
• "Witold Gombrowicz, or the Sadness of Form," by Ricardo Nirenberg (in English) (in Spanish) Fall 1998.
• River, Sea, Mother and Prostitute:  the poetry of Fredi Guthmann, by Ricardo Nirenberg. July 1998.
  (in English )  (in Spanish)

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