In this Book
- The Book of Life: Selected Jewish Poems, 1979–2011
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
summary
“Poet Alicia Ostriker is also a highly original scholar/teacher of midrash, the commentary and exegesis of scripture (the same root as madrasa, place of study). Here she ‘studies’ Jewish history, Jewish passion, Jewish contradictions, in a compendium of learned, crafted, earthy and outward-looking poems that show how this quest has informed and enriched her whole poet’s trajectory.”
—Marilyn Hacker
Table of Contents
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- I
- Born in the USA
- p. 5
- The Marriage Nocturne
- pp. 6-7
- Elegy for Allen
- pp. 11-12
- West Fourth Street
- p. 13
- Grandchild
- p. 15
- II
- A Meditation in Seven Days
- pp. 19-31
- III
- The Eighth and Thirteenth
- pp. 37-39
- Three Women
- pp. 42-44
- Listening to Public Radio
- pp. 50-51
- Poem Sixty Years After Auschwitz
- pp. 52-53
- IV
- the shekhinah as exile
- pp. 63-64
- dark smile
- p. 67
- V
- Lamenting the Inevitable
- pp. 75-76
- Tearing the Poem Up and Eating It
- pp. 80-82
- Divrei: The Settlers
- p. 83
- What Is Needed after Food
- pp. 84-85
- VI
- The Book of Life
- pp. 89-96
- acknowledgments
- p. 101
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822978350
Related ISBN(s)
9780822961819
MARC Record
OCLC
830023840
Pages
111
Launched on MUSE
2012-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
No