Ostriker, Alicia Suskin

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, praises, mysteries and joys, that she teaches us to love the world with her - sometimes desperately, heartbrokenly, never despairingly. Ostriker is a preeminent poet, writing at the height of her powers.' - Daisy Fried. inventory #42039 ISBN: 9780822964520.