The Book of Life
Publication Year: 2012
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
Title Page, Copyright
contents
Download PDF (79.5 KB)
pp. vi-vii
preface
Download PDF (65.6 KB)
pp. ix-x
What is it to be a Jewish poet? What is it to be a Jewish woman poet? I did not always ask these questions. My writing life has evolved from being an American poet in the wake of Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams. I have been a disciple of Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Lucille Clifton...
I
Becky and Benny in Far Rockaway
Download PDF (58.7 KB)
p. 3-3
Old Men
Download PDF (59.1 KB)
p. 4-4
Born in the USA
Download PDF (59.1 KB)
p. 5-5
The Marriage Nocturne
Download PDF (51.8 KB)
pp. 6-7
Hunger
Download PDF (72.3 KB)
pp. 8-10
Elegy for Allen
Download PDF (50.6 KB)
pp. 11-12
West Fourth Street
Download PDF (58.9 KB)
p. 13-13
At the Revelation Restaurant
Download PDF (59.0 KB)
p. 14-14
Grandchild
Download PDF (66.7 KB)
p. 15-15
II
A Meditation in Seven Days
Download PDF (143.6 KB)
pp. 19-31
Kol Nidre
Download PDF (61.2 KB)
pp. 32-33
III
The Eighth and Thirteenth
Download PDF (74.0 KB)
pp. 37-39
Holocaust
Download PDF (65.8 KB)
pp. 40-41
Three Women
Download PDF (72.5 KB)
pp. 42-44
Who Saves a Life: Poem Beginning witha Line by Fitzgerald/Hemingway
Download PDF (80.7 KB)
pp. 45-48
Diaspora
Download PDF (45.3 KB)
p. 49-49
Listening to Public Radio
Download PDF (65.5 KB)
pp. 50-51
Poem Sixty Years After Auschwitz
Download PDF (75.5 KB)
pp. 52-53
IV
psalm
Download PDF (53.7 KB)
pp. 57-58
fire
Download PDF (59.1 KB)
p. 59-59
judgment
Download PDF (44.3 KB)
p. 60-60
during the bombing of Kosovo
Download PDF (59.0 KB)
p. 61-61
the fast
Download PDF (59.2 KB)
p. 62-62
the shekhinah as exile
Download PDF (51.5 KB)
pp. 63-64
the shekhinah as mute
Download PDF (59.3 KB)
p. 65-65
the shekhinah as amnesiac
Download PDF (44.8 KB)
p. 66-66
dark smile
Download PDF (47.2 KB)
p. 67-67
seasonal
Download PDF (44.6 KB)
p. 68-68
psalm
Download PDF (44.6 KB)
p. 69-69
psalm
Download PDF (44.2 KB)
p. 70-70
psalm
Download PDF (54.8 KB)
p. 71-71
V
Lamenting the Inevitable
Download PDF (51.1 KB)
pp. 75-76
The Bride
Download PDF (58.4 KB)
pp. 77-79
Tearing the Poem Up and Eating It
Download PDF (73.8 KB)
pp. 80-82
Divrei: The Settlers
Download PDF (58.5 KB)
p. 83-83
What Is Needed after Food
Download PDF (74.7 KB)
pp. 84-85
VI
The Book of Life
Download PDF (114.2 KB)
pp. 89-96
notes
Download PDF (82.0 KB)
pp. 97-99
acknowledgments
Download PDF (54.5 KB)
p. 101-101
E-ISBN-13: 9780822978350
E-ISBN-10: 0822978350
Print-ISBN-13: 9780822961819
Print-ISBN-10: 0822961814
Page Count: 112
Publication Year: 2012
Series Title: Pitt Poetry Series
Series Editor Byline: Ed Ochester
