Tuesday, April 12, 2011

News at Eleven: Some readers may avoid Marge Piercy's

The Hunger Moon simply because of her reputation as a social activist and radical feminist, but that would be a mistake. Her new and selected poems, which span the past 30 years, deserve to be read without labels.

Those who do so will quickly find that the poems are surprising, inviting, and engaging because Piercy always takes a bold, confident stance, even when she changes her perspective--over time--or shares wisdom that sounds almost commonplace.

from The Christian Science Monitor: The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems 1980-2010

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