A Few Words in the Mother Tongue: Poems Selected and New (1971-1990)

"Her poems are a tribute to strength in the midst of terrible alienation." — Publishers Weekly¶ "An important contemporary look at history through poetry." — Library Journal¶"What Klepfisz is: a survivor who studies survival, who lays out the cost of surviving in her poems.... She operates from a stark but deep compassion." — American Book Review

• Author
• Irena Klepfisz, Adrienne Rich

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 256

• Publisher
• The Eighth Mountain Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780933377059

• Genres
• poetry, jewish, lesbian

• Release date
• 1993