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“The Words Come Through Me”: Alicia Ostriker on the Healing Power of Poetry

JL;DR SUMMARY Alicia Ostriker, the esteemed poet and longtime poetry editor for Lilith, discusses her latest collection, "The Holy and Broken Bliss," which addresses themes of aging, mortality, and the dual nature of personal and global crises. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AgingCovid 19 PandemicPoetryLilith MagazineSpiritualityJewish FeminismTikkun OlamAlicia OstrikerShekhinahThe Holy And Broken Bliss

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New York, United States
"Alicia OstrikerLiliths longtime poetry editor (and 2018 New York Poet Laureate!)"
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
"our shared awe of the beautiful willow trees lining Ashevilles roads."

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