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

By (author) Alicia Suskin Ostriker

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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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Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press
Published date | 15 Jan 2012
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 112
Dimensions | 230 x 150 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-8229-6181-9
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BISAC | poetry / general


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