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aliciacropweb1.jpgAs promised, we are beginning National Poetry Month with the first of our Monday poetry pages. Today it’s our honor and privilege to offer three poems by world-renowned poet and critic Alicia Ostriker. Twice nominated for the National Book Award and winner of many other prestigious awards, Ostriker is the author of eleven volumes of poetry, the latest of which is No Heaven. Her critical works include, most

Alicia Ostriker 

notably, Writing Like a Woman and Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women’s Poetry in America. She has also written a number of books on the Bible, most recent of which is For the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book.

Alicia Ostriker’s gracious response to our invitation brings us the first publication of a new poem, “To Persephone,” as well as two previously published ones she has personally selected for the interest of our readers.

Irene Willis
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