n class="dropcap">Alicia Ostriker’s new collection comprises selected poems from seven previous volumes. Ostriker has been an important poet for the past 45 years. Born in Brooklyn, she has published 15 books of poetry and many more of criticism, all elevating the voices of women and their lived experiences. She is one of the most Jewish of poets, not only as a cultural Jew but, far rarer, as a Jewish poet steeped in Jewish religion and tradition and committed to making it more relevant to women.Read Full Article »
