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Walker Woman
Julia Stein
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Description for Walker Woman
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 107.
Here are poems of modern day survival, set in Los Angeles. The woman of the title (from a story by Mary Austin) provides an image for the poet of one who 'came and went about our western world', establishing a saving relationship with the land. The urban poet grapples with the themes of her life: her dying father, never able to use his teaching credentials; her own adjunct teaching position in the L.A. community college system, full of overcrowding, layoffs, and her beautiful immigrant students; the South Central riots, a forest fire, a flood, and an earthquake complicating her labours; ... Read more
Here are poems of modern day survival, set in Los Angeles. The woman of the title (from a story by Mary Austin) provides an image for the poet of one who 'came and went about our western world', establishing a saving relationship with the land. The urban poet grapples with the themes of her life: her dying father, never able to use his teaching credentials; her own adjunct teaching position in the L.A. community college system, full of overcrowding, layoffs, and her beautiful immigrant students; the South Central riots, a forest fire, a flood, and an earthquake complicating her labours; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
West End Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
60
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780970534446
SKU
V9780970534446
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Ref
99-15
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