The Mother/Child Papers: With a New Preface by the Author - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Alicia Suskin OstrikerSeries:Pitt PoetryPublish date:2009-01-30Pages:64
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822960331ISBN-10:822960338UPC:9780822960331Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.54 x 6.48 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCJTQ6Y84D
The Mother/Child Papers: With a New Preface by the Author
In 1970, as the war in Vietnam was heating up, Ostriker was awaiting the birth of her son. On April 30, President Nixon announced the bombing of Cambodia. On May 14, four students were shot and killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University. The poems in this collection confront Ostriker's personal tumult as she considered the world she had brought her son into.
Series: Pitt Poetry
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822960331ISBN-10:822960338UPC:9780822960331Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.54 x 6.48 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCJTQ6Y84D
Alicia Suskin Ostriker is a major American poet and critic. She is the author of numerous poetry collections, including, most recently, The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog; The Book of Life: Selected Jewish Poems, 1979-2011; and The Book of Seventy, winner of the National Jewish Book Award. She has received the Paterson Poetry Prize, the San Francisco State Poetry Center Award, the William...
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
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