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November 20, 2007
Marge Piercy, '57
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The Crooked Inheritance, Knopf, 2006.
The book: In these powerful, often funny, sometimes lyrical and down-to-earth poems, Marge Piercy writes of her “crooked inheritance”—physical and personality traits from wildly mismatched parents—and in a larger sense the marvelous half-broken world we inherit. Some of Piercy’s strongest poems have been political, and this book contains new verses raging against the war in Iraq, the abandonment of Katrina’s victims and the ongoing attempts to suppress women. Some poems are about her life on Cape Cod, while others are about her deep connections to Jewish life and ritual.
The author: Marge Piercy is the author of 16 previous books of poetry as well as 17 novels and a memoir, titled "Sleeping with Cats." Her work has been translated into 16 languages, and she has won many honors. She lives on Cape Cod with her husband, Ira Wood, the novelist and publisher of Leapfrog Press.
Web site: http://www.margepiercy.com/
Posted by tobiaslw at November 20, 2007 11:44 AM