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
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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
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ISBN-13: | 9780822978350 |
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Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Publication date: | 01/29/2012 |
Series: | Pitt Poetry Series |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 112 |
File size: | 1 MB |
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