In this Book
- Waiting for the Light
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
summary
Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award, poetry category
What is it like living today in the chaos of a city that is at once brutal and beautiful, heir to immigrant ancestors "who supposed their children's children would be rich and free?" What is it to live in the chaos of a world driven by "intolerable, unquenchable human desire?" How do we cope with all the wars? In the midst of the dark matter and dark energy of the universe, do we know what train we're on? In this cornucopia of a book, Ostriker finds herself immersed in phenomena ranging from a first snowfall in New York City to the Tibetan diaspora, asking questions that have no reply, writing poems in which "the arrow may be blown off course by storm and returned by miracle."
What is it like living today in the chaos of a city that is at once brutal and beautiful, heir to immigrant ancestors "who supposed their children's children would be rich and free?" What is it to live in the chaos of a world driven by "intolerable, unquenchable human desire?" How do we cope with all the wars? In the midst of the dark matter and dark energy of the universe, do we know what train we're on? In this cornucopia of a book, Ostriker finds herself immersed in phenomena ranging from a first snowfall in New York City to the Tibetan diaspora, asking questions that have no reply, writing poems in which "the arrow may be blown off course by storm and returned by miracle."
Table of Contents
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- One
- How Fortunate the Boy
- pp. 7-8
- Q&A: Red Red Rose
- pp. 9-10
- The First Snowfall
- p. 12
- The Glory of Cities
- p. 13
- Bangladesh: The Driver
- pp. 14-15
- Guyana: So Nice
- pp. 16-17
- Times Square
- p. 18
- Dry Hours: A Golden Shovel Exercise
- pp. 19-20
- The City Crocuses
- p. 23
- Cinco de Mayo
- p. 24
- Ghazal: O Clear Night
- pp. 28-29
- A Walker in the City
- p. 31
- Acrostic: All You Need Is Love
- pp. 32-33
- Waiting for the Light
- pp. 34-35
- Ghazal: America
- pp. 39-40
- Afghanistan: The Raped Girl
- pp. 41-42
- White Morning
- p. 43
- Ghazal: Not Even There
- pp. 44-45
- Q&A: Insurance
- pp. 46-47
- Making a Meal of Them
- pp. 48-49
- The World According to Capa
- pp. 50-51
- Are You My Cousin
- p. 52
- Children’s Blood
- pp. 54-55
- Alphabetical Flash
- pp. 61-65
- The Liberal Arts
- pp. 66-67
- The Redeemed World
- p. 69
- To Charlie, on His Poetry
- pp. 70-72
- Underground
- pp. 74-75
- Ghazal: America the Beautiful
- pp. 76-77
- Q&A: Reality
- pp. 78-80
- Acknowledgments
- p. 83
- Back Cover
- p. 84
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822982470
Related ISBN(s)
9780822964520
MARC Record
OCLC
990478259
Pages
95
Launched on MUSE
2017-06-25
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2017
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