Women in Praise of the Sacred

Publisher Marketing: "Hirshfield's current collection brings together . . . an astonishing array of women writers from the 22nd century BC poet Enheduanna to Nelly Sachs and Anna Akhmatova."-- "Library Journal"Publisher Marketing: This beautiful collection of poems, prayers and songs is by women throughout history, from a wide variety of religious traditions. Biographies and insightful commentary by Hirshfield accompany the poems and illuminate their historical contexts and meanings. Review Citations: Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 535 (EAN 9780060925765, Paperback) Library Journal 03/01/1994 (EAN 9780060169879, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1994 pg. 110 (EAN 9780060169879, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 02/28/1994 (EAN 9780060169879, Hardcover) Booklist 03/15/1994 pg. 1323 (EAN 9780060169879, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Hirshfield, Jane The author of five previous poetry collections and a book of essays, Jane Hirshfield has been a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and England's T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, and she is the winner of the Poetry Center Book Award, the California Book Award, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, and multiple volumes of The Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies.