Walker Woman

by Julia Stein

Here are poems of modern day survival, set in Los Angeles. The woman of the title (from a story by Mary Austin) provides an image for the poet of one who "came and went about our western world," establishing a saving relationship with the land. The urban poet grapples with the themes of her life: her dying father, never able to use his teaching credentials; her own adjunct teaching position in the L.A. community college system, full of overcrowding,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970534442
• ISBN13: 9780970534446
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: West End Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"