The Volcano Sequence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostriker, Alicia.

Series:

Pitt poetry series.

Pitt poetry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Women poets, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bold, erotic, spiritual collection of poetry from a well-respected poet and critic, whose previous two books were both National Book Award finalists.

Contents:

Intro

contents

I. december 1998-january 1999: ruthless radiance

1. volcano

2. the unmasking

3. mother

4. descent

5. psalm

II. february 1999: the red thread

1. the red thread

2. mother

3. dialogue

4. the red thread again

5. riddles

III. february-march 1999: deaths, transfigurations

1. fire

2. blood

3. earth: the shekhinah as amnesiac

4. time

IV. march-april 1999: covenant

1. preparing for passover

2. during the bombing of kosovo

3. question and answer

4. the wheel

V. may-june 1999: the mother

1. eyesight

2. our mothers: a correspondence

VI. june 1999: illusion

1. cinema

2. cretan interlude: lasithi plateau

VII. september 1999: turn and return

1. the poet in me says

2. days of awe

VIII. october-november 1999: the volcano and the covenant

1. the volcano breathes

2. psalm 37: the meek shall inherit the earth

3. I decide to call you Being

4. interlude: the avenue of the americas

5. toward the millennium

6. predawn

IX. undated poems: the space of this dialogue

1. psalm

2. seasonal

3. dark smile

4. aperture

coda

glossary

acknowledgments.

Notes:

Preliminaries omitted.

ISBN:

9780822979401

0822979403

OCLC:

887803455