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The Little Space: Poems Selected and New, 1968-1998 (Pitt Poetry Series) [Buy it!] | Ostriker, Alicia Suskin | USD 4.58 (Sat May 25 14:51:54 2024) | Alibris | Kayleighbug Books via Alibris | University of Pittsburgh Press 1998-11-10 Trade Paperback Good Size: 8x5x0; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual markings; edge wear; In this selection of poems from thirty years of a distinguished writing career, we see the growth of a poet's mind, heart, and spirit as Ostriker struggles to love 'this wounded / World that we cannot heal, that is our bride. ' Whether she probes the meaning of childhood, family, marriage, and motherhood, or art, history, politics, and God; whether she is celebrating sexuality or confronting mortality, the poet includes 'whatever I can grasp of human experience within my art-the good and beautiful, the evil and chaotic. I tell my students that they must write what they are afraid to write; and I attempt to do so myself. ' |