Living in the Open
by Marge Piercy
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Before beginning this collection, I had read many scholars who proclaimed this to be Marge Piercy's finest collection of poetry. While I still have a few more collections to read before I can agree with these academics, I can fairly state that it is my favorite thus far. Piercy's angry feminist tone is softened, and her verse is much more lyrical, rich with figurative language. Trigger warning: sexual assault.
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Poet and novelist Marge Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 31, 1936. She received a B. A. from the University of Michigan and an M. A. from Northwestern. She is involved in the Jewish renewal and political work and was part of the civil rights movement. She won the Arthur C. Clarke award. Besides writing her own novels and collections show more of poetry, she has collaborated with her husband Ira Wood on a play, The Last White Class, and a novel, Storm Tide. In 1997, they founded a small literary publishing company called the Leapfrog Press. She currently lives in Cape Cod. (Bowker Author Biography) Marge Piercy is the author of 14 previous poetry collections and 14 novels. In 1990 her poetry won the Golden Rose, the oldest poetry award in the country. She lives on Cape Cod. (Publisher Provided) Marge Piercy is the author of 35 books of poetry & fiction, including the best sellers "Gone to Soldiers" & "The Longings of Women". (Publisher Provided) show less
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