{"product_id":"the-mother-child-papers-with-a-new-preface-by-the-author-paperback","title":"The Mother\/Child Papers: With a New Preface by the Author - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlicia Suskin Ostriker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1970, as the war in Vietnam was heating up, Ostriker was awaiting the birth of her son. On April 30, President Nixon announced the bombing of Cambodia. On May 14, four students were shot and killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University. The poems in this collection confront Ostriker's personal tumult as she considered the world she had brought her son into.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlicia Suskin Ostriker\u003c\/b\u003e is a major American poet and critic. She is the author of numerous poetry collections, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog; The Book of Life: Selected Jewish Poems, 1979-2011;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Seventy\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Jewish Book Award. She has received the Paterson Poetry Prize, the San Francisco State Poetry Center Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award, among other honors. Ostriker teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Drew University and is currently a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.54 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50314867245293,"sku":"9780822960331","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/hbSqay5MD79780822960331.webp?v=1784670233","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-mother-child-papers-with-a-new-preface-by-the-author-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}