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Alicia Ostriker

Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Alicia Ostriker at the National Book Festival, 2014
Alicia Ostriker at the National Book Festival, 2014
Born (1937-11-11) November 11, 1937 (age 87)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationPoet
EducationBrandeis University, B.A. (1959); University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A. (1961), Ph.D.(1964)
Alma materBrandeis University;
University of Wisconsin–Madison
GenrePoetry
Spouse
(m. 1959)
ChildrenRebecca Ostriker
Eve Ostriker
Gabriel Ostriker

Alicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937[1]) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry.[2][3] She was called "America's most fiercely honest poet" by Progressive.[1] Additionally, she was one of the first women poets in America to write and publish poems discussing the topic of motherhood.[4] In 2015, she was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.[5] In 2018, she was named the New York State Poet Laureate.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Alicia Ostriker Papers". Princeton University Library Finding Aids. Princeton University. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Powell C.S. (1994) Profile: Jeremiah and Alicia Ostriker – A Marriage of Science and Art, Scientific American 271(3), 28-31.
  3. ^ Random House | Authors | Alicia Suskin Ostriker.
  4. ^ Rosenberg, Judith Pierce (2000). Contemporary Literary Criticism (132 ed.). Gale.
  5. ^ "Alicia Ostriker" "Poets.org."
  6. ^ "Academy Chancellor Alicia Ostriker Named New York State Poet 2018-2020". poets.org. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

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