Mother/Child Papers, The Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Name: Mother/Child Papers, The By Alicia Suskin Ostriker
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Mother/Child Papers, The by Alicia Suskin Ostriker

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In 1970, as the war in Vietnam was heating up, Ostriker was awaiting the birth of her son. On May 14, four students were shot and killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University. The poems in this collection confront Ostriker's personal tumult as she considered the world she had brought her son into.

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Mother/Child Papers, The: With a new preface by the author by Alicia Suskin Ostriker

In 1970, as the war in Vietnam was heating up, Ostriker was awaiting the birth of her son. On April 30, President Nixon announced the bombing of Cambodia. On May 14, four students were shot and killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University. The poems in this collection confront Ostriker's personal tumult as she considered the world she had brought her son into.

About Alicia Suskin Ostriker

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, wi

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CIN0822960338G

ISBN 13

9780822960331

ISBN 10

0822960338

Title

Mother/Child Papers, The: With a new preface by the author by Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Author

Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Series

Pitt Poetry Series

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Year published

2009-01-30

Number of pages

Prizes

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