The Little Space: Poems Selected and New, 1968-1998

by Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Book Overview

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 \u201cthis wounded / World that we cannot heal, that is our bride.\u201d 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 \u201cwhatever 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.\u201d

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956802
• ISBN13: 9780822956808
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"