{"product_id":"her-birth-and-later-years-new-and-collected-poems-1971-2021-9780819501080","title":"Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Publishing Triangle Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Publishing Triangle's Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry (2023)\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for a National Jewish Book Award, Berru Award for Poetry, in memory of Ruth and Bernie Weinflash (2022)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA trailblazing lesbian poet, child Holocaust survivor, and political activist whose work is deeply informed by socialist values, Irena Klepfisz is a vital and individual American voice. This book is the first complete collection of her work. For fifty years, Klepfisz has written powerful, searching poems about relatives murdered during the war, recent immigrants, a lost Yiddish writer, a Palestinian boy in Gaza, and various people in her life. In her introduction to Klepfisz's A Few Words in the Mother Tongue, Adrienne Rich wrote: \"[Klepfisz's] sense of phrase, of line, of the shift of tone, is almost flawless.\" \u003ci\u003eHer Birth and Later Years \u003c\/i\u003ewas a Finalist for the Jewish Book Award and winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819501080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296","brand":"Irena Klepfisz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271789215925,"sku":"9780819501080","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_902b94fb-ced3-42fc-94c7-acbef64e9c1d.jpg?v=1699957152","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/her-birth-and-later-years-new-and-collected-poems-1971-2021-9780819501080","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}