The Book of Life: Selected Jewish Poems, 1979-2011

Poet Alicia Ostriker is also a highly original scholar/teacher of midrash, the commentary and exegesis of scripture (the same root as madrasa, place of study). Here she \u2018studies' Jewish history, Jewish passion, Jewish contradictions, in a compendium of learned, crafted, earthy and outward-looking poems that show how this quest has informed and enriched her whole poet's trajectory.\u201d --Marilyn Hacker

Author: Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 01/15/2012
Series: Pitt Poetry
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780822961819