No Heaven
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9780822958758
Pub Date: 15 Mar 2005
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Description:
Alicia Suskin Ostriker's voice has long been acknowledged as a major force in American poetry. In No Heaven, her eleventh collection, she takes a hint from John Lennon's \u0022Imagine\u0022 to wrestle with the world as it is: \u0022no hell below us, / above us only sky.\u0022 It is a world of cities, including New York, London, Jerusalem, and Berlin, where the poet can celebrate pickup basketball, peace marches, and the energy of graffiti.