Strangers to their courage : poems / Alice Derry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derry, Alice, 1947-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German Americans--Poetry.

German Americans.

Germany.

World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Poetry.

World War, 1939-1945.

Germany--Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

92 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2001.

Summary:

"In this collection of poetry, Alice Derry contemplates an awkward, even taboo, subject - the persecution and suffering of the German population before, during, and after World War II." ""Before I realized that I was becoming part of a contaminated language and people, I was part of them," writes Derry in her introductory essay, a discussion of racism, ethnic prejudice, and learned hatred. She divides the poems into two sections, the first telling the stories of her German relatives trapped behind the Iron Curtain, often from their point of view. The second section ponders the distinct experiences of German Americans."--Jacket.

Contents:

Strangers to Their Courage

Boundary

Mechthild Tells Her Story

Hardy

Eveline Speaks

Ellen

After

For Our Children

Getting Her Story Right

Even So, I May Not Have Lain against You

German American

Well

This Path

You Call It a German Love Story

Immigrant

Jackboots

Or the Dream?

Small Gifts of Fruit

He Grew Up West of Innsbruck

Two Sisters: Some Remnants

Were You Blind?

"Well, If That's What You Lived Through ..."

Herself a Daughter

Whether He Was Still Running West

No Way but Forward

Reading the Names

Blood Oranges.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20).

ISBN:

0807127205

9780807127209

0807127213

9780807127216

OCLC:

46732361