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The poems in Rachel Hadas's new book are united by a common preoccupation with passage--passage variously construed. In Section I, the four seasons are glimpsed in turn through the lenses of several t

The poems in Rachel Hadas's new book are united by a common preoccupation with passage--passage variously construed. In Section I, the four seasons are glimpsed in turn through the lenses of several t

Rachel Hadas reaches the peak of her poetic prowess in Questions in the Vestibule. A deeply personal and meditative collection in three sections,Questions moves through the liminal space of solitude a

Literary Nonfiction. "This beautiful prose collection strikes very deep notes. Rachel Hadas, known for her formal dexterity and intelligence, demonstrates here a remarkable fluency in moving

A central theme of The Golden Road is the prolonged dementia of the poet’s husband. But Rachel Hadas’s new collection sets the loneliness of progressive loss in the context of the continuities that su

"[A] thoughtful and lucid tale of love, companionship, and heartbreaking illness." ?Lydia DavisIn 2004 Rachel Hadas's husband, George Edwards, a composer and professor of music at Columbia University,

Poetry. The always elegant, often heart-wrenching poems in Rachel Hadas's eleventh collection are no-holds-barred dispatches from the front lines of a loved one's surrender to dementia. "Stunning"—Mol

"...a compelling, original and well written piece of scholarship, and also a work of real passion and subtlety.Zionist Arabesques focuses on the material, experienced reality of Zionism, its phenomen

Echoes of trauma are traced in the relational narratives that the sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors tell about their experiences growing up in survivor families. An innovative combination of the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) method with narrative-qualitative analysis revealed common themes and emotional patterns that are played out in the survivors' children's meaningful relationships, especially in those with their parents. The relational world of the second generation is understood in the context of an intergenerational communication style called 'knowing-not knowing', in which there is a dialectical tension between knowing and not knowing the parental trauma. In the survivors' children's current parent-adolescent relationships with their own children, they aspire to correct the child-parent dynamics that they had experienced by trying to openly negotiate conflicts and to maintain close bonds. Clinicians treating descendents of other massive trauma would benefit

Much of modern economic theory is based on a rather unflattering view of human nature, one that is essentially selfish and materialistic.?Not surprisingly, this incomplete version of human anthropolog

A varied and generous sampling of more than a decade's worth of prose by an important poet

A generous gathering of the best poems, both previously published and uncollected, from Rachel Hadas's career.