The Book of Seventy

Poems that explore the territory of advancing age--its tragicomedies, its passions, its engagement with the world. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award

About the author

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 Carlos Williams Award, and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award, among other honors. Ostriker teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Drew University and is currently a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.

Summary

Poems that explore the territory of advancing age—its tragicomedies, its passions, its engagement with the world. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award

Product details

• Authors: Alicia Suskin Ostriker
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2009
• EAN: 9780822960515
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6051-5
• No. of pages: 72
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 229 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 154 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry Series; Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama