Waiting for the Light Tapa blanda - 2017

Pittsburgh. 2017. February 2017. University of Pittsburgh Press. Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780822964520. Pitt Poetry Series. 80 pages. paperback. . keywords: Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘‘Let us now praise famous cities,' says Alicia Ostriker in Waiting for the Light. Indeed, let us now praise these poems, their ferocity, tenderness, intelligence, compassion and joy. A seeker and seer in the tradition of Whitman, Ostriker searches for the ‘light that stabs me with joy' amid the sidewalks, schoolyards, marketplaces and many tongues of her beloved New York, spurred by ‘ancestors who remember tenements.' A walker in the city and a walker in the world, she knows about the flow of dollars and blood through the streets, speaking fearlessly against whoever crushes the body and the spirit. Wait for the light no longer; the light is right here, in the pages of this book.' - Martín Espada. ‘Ostriker so loves the world, its griefs, traumas,… Leer más

Pittsburgh. 2017. February 2017. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780822964520. Pitt Poetry Series. 80 pages. paperback. . keywords: Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘‘Let us now praise famous cities,' says Alicia Ostriker in Waiting for the Light. Indeed, let us now praise these poems, their ferocity, tenderness, intelligence, compassion and joy. A seeker and seer in the tradition of Whitman, Ostriker searches for the ‘light that stabs me with joy' amid the sidewalks, schoolyards, marketplaces and many tongues of her beloved New York, spurred by ‘ancestors who remember tenements.' A walker in the city and a walker in the world, she knows about the flow of dollars and blood through the streets, speaking fearlessly against whoever crushes the body and the spirit. Wait for the light no longer; the light is right here, in the pages of this book.' - Martín Espada. ‘Ostriker so loves the world, its griefs, traumas,… Leer más

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2017. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 96 pages. 8.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. 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".

University of Pittsburgh Press, February 2017. Paper Back. New.

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017-02-14. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Not issued. 7x5x0. Signed by Author. Softcover. First Edition; first printing, with complete number line. Inscribed by the author, Alicia Suskin Ostriker; no other markings. Fast shipping from NYC!

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.