Reading it anew, I think of Jake Marmer’s The Neighbor Out of Sound as a further & major instance of the interpenetration of old & new in the composition of works that explore the furthest limits & possibilities of poetry. The thrill, for me as it will be for others, is how he pulls together a profound feel for unabashedly Jewish images & soundings with avant-garde & jazz particulars to round out a mix of dynamic pasts & presents.  The result is very much a poetry for now & a voice well worth the listening. —Jerome Rothenberg