"Within an absolutely concrete framework, the author of this book gives shape to those intangible things that exist in our daily lives. Following a fantastic tradition of American literature, Steinberg gets into the greatest of mysteries through the most mundane elements of daily life. He makes it possible for a phone call, a synagogue visit, or a thermometer crashing to the floor and the mercury spillage that follows to become allegories for those immense celestial questions. Never before as now… does a text show for me—furthermore, in a simultaneous way—the author's both existence in and absence from this world." —Mario Bellatin, author of Beauty Salon
"Jacob Steinberg has a colossal heart he uses it for breaking and exploration. His words read me—I am their golem, granted life. These poems are gently wounding, darkly adorable, and tragically perceptive. Before You Kneels My Silence introduces to the reading public a foxy new voice—an adroit and necessary one in this emerging moment." —Lonely Christopher
Jacob Steinberg is the author of the poetry collections Magulladón (2012), Ante ti se arrodilla mi silencio (2013), and Soy la bestia que adoro (2023). He has translated Cecilia Pavón, Mario Bellatin, and CAConrad, among others. Since 2020 he is co-director of Triana Editorial, an independent publishing house in Buenos Aires dedicated to contemporary poetry and translation. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
