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Tangled Vines: A Collection Of Mother And Daughter Poems
No relationship in a woman's life encompasses the same joy and anger as that between mother and daughter. Lifshin has gathered poems from some of the finest women writers, including Sharon Olds, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and Marge Piercy.
- GenresPoetry
164 pages, Paperback
Published April 28, 1992
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Lyn Lifshin
142 books11 followersLyn Diane Lifshin (1942) is an American poet and teacher.
Born in Barre, VT, she was raised in Middlebury, VT. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Syracuse University and a master's degree in English from the University of Vermont (writing a thesis on Dylan Thomas). She also studied at Brandeis University, the Bread Loaf School of English and attended the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference.
Lifshin moved to Schenectady, NY in the 1970s with her then husband who worked for General Electric. She enrolled in a doctoral program in English at SUNY Albany, and began submitting her work for publication. She quickly began appearing in a variety of literary magazines. When she left SUNY, she began teaching creative writing workshops at various public venues such as libraries as well as at her home in Niskayuna, NY. Eventually, she began earning a living primarily from workshops, readings, and visiting faculty positions.
Lifshin has been called "The Queen of the Lit Mags" and "The Queen of Modern Romance Poetry". Over 120 books and chapbooks of her work have been published. She has also edited 4 anthologies (appearing in innumerable others) and was the subject of the award winning documentary film, Not Made of Glass. Her work has appeared in numerous literary magazines and cultural publications, including The American Scholar, Christian Science Monitor, Ploughshares, nthWORD, Blue Lake Review, Dunes Review, and Rolling Stone Magazine.
Bibliographers and literary critics would be hard-pressed to find a literary journal that has not published at least one Lifshin poem at one time or another. To date, however, there is no comprehensive bibliography of her publications and unpublished manuscripts.
She currently divides her time between a home in Niskayuna, NY and a residence in Virginia.
(from Wikipedia)
Born in Barre, VT, she was raised in Middlebury, VT. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Syracuse University and a master's degree in English from the University of Vermont (writing a thesis on Dylan Thomas). She also studied at Brandeis University, the Bread Loaf School of English and attended the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference.
Lifshin moved to Schenectady, NY in the 1970s with her then husband who worked for General Electric. She enrolled in a doctoral program in English at SUNY Albany, and began submitting her work for publication. She quickly began appearing in a variety of literary magazines. When she left SUNY, she began teaching creative writing workshops at various public venues such as libraries as well as at her home in Niskayuna, NY. Eventually, she began earning a living primarily from workshops, readings, and visiting faculty positions.
Lifshin has been called "The Queen of the Lit Mags" and "The Queen of Modern Romance Poetry". Over 120 books and chapbooks of her work have been published. She has also edited 4 anthologies (appearing in innumerable others) and was the subject of the award winning documentary film, Not Made of Glass. Her work has appeared in numerous literary magazines and cultural publications, including The American Scholar, Christian Science Monitor, Ploughshares, nthWORD, Blue Lake Review, Dunes Review, and Rolling Stone Magazine.
Bibliographers and literary critics would be hard-pressed to find a literary journal that has not published at least one Lifshin poem at one time or another. To date, however, there is no comprehensive bibliography of her publications and unpublished manuscripts.
She currently divides her time between a home in Niskayuna, NY and a residence in Virginia.
(from Wikipedia)
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February 28, 2008
One of my all-time favorite anthologies of poetry.
September 13, 2009
This was the first poetry collection I ever read and maybe it wasn't the best to start with, but it was nice to read one or two poems at a time during my classes or in the morning after getting up.
It shows all the different sides of the relationship between a mother and a daughter, but I was touched by exactly three poems out of 80. That's not so much and that's why I gave it only a B-.
But I have to repeat that the message behind the book gets cross to the reader perfectly, some poems were just too abstract to me.
While reading I found myself wanting to write a poem to my mother for Mother's Day, it's really inspiring and got me thinking a lot about my relationship to my Mum.
The poems show not only the good sides, but anger, misunderstandings, ignoration and fear and I want to share some inspiring thoughts with you.
"A woman is her mother. That's the main thing."
It shows all the different sides of the relationship between a mother and a daughter, but I was touched by exactly three poems out of 80. That's not so much and that's why I gave it only a B-.
But I have to repeat that the message behind the book gets cross to the reader perfectly, some poems were just too abstract to me.
While reading I found myself wanting to write a poem to my mother for Mother's Day, it's really inspiring and got me thinking a lot about my relationship to my Mum.
The poems show not only the good sides, but anger, misunderstandings, ignoration and fear and I want to share some inspiring thoughts with you.
"A woman is her mother. That's the main thing."
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June 21, 2013Liked this book very much. Would reccomend it
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