"Her poems are a tribute to strength in the midst of terrible alienation."--Publishers Weekly¶ "An important contemporary look at history through poetry."--Library Journal¶"What Klepfisz is: a survivor who studies survival, who lays out the cost of surviving in her poems.... She operates from a stark but deep compassion."--American Book Review
Language
English
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Eighth Mountain Press
Release
January 01, 1993
ISBN
0933377053
ISBN 13
9780933377059
A Few Words in the Mother Tongue: Poems Selected and New (1971-1990)
"Her poems are a tribute to strength in the midst of terrible alienation."--Publishers Weekly¶ "An important contemporary look at history through poetry."--Library Journal¶"What Klepfisz is: a survivor who studies survival, who lays out the cost of surviving in her poems.... She operates from a stark but deep compassion."--American Book Review