My Mother's Medicine - poems

In a series of poems, Maxine Susman tells of her mother's journey toward a rewarding career as a doctor. A young Jewish girl from Brooklyn, the daughter of Russian immigrants, she became a student at the world's first medical school for women, which she attended during the Great Depression. The poems in My Mother's Medicine chart one person's story even as they contribute to the larger story of women's history in our country.

About the author

Maxine Susman has published six previous poetry collections; her poems appear widely in journals and anthologies. After a career as Professor of English at Caldwell University, she now teaches poetry writing and fiction at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of Rutgers University, where she earned the Distinguished Teaching Award.

Product details

• Authors: Maxine Susman
• Publisher: Grayson Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781733556705
• ISBN: 978-1-73355-670-5
• No. of pages: 84
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 136 g
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama