Bøger af Maxine Susman

The poems in Northern Swim grieve a beloved sister's death during other losses of the pandemic, framed against havoc in the human and more-than-human worlds. But among poems of American malaise and climate change you'll also find Florence Griswold, godmother of American impressionists; the fashion designer Alexander McQueen; Eve's secret daughter; Elgar's chamber music and the Do Rights lead guitar. Though the poems are often elegiac they celebrate pleasures-"Snowshoeing at Seventy," a newborn grandson, museum-going, desserts with family and friends, an exhilarating swim in an icy lake-what offers resilience and lures us ahead: "I won't let the bear get all the berries."

In a series of poems, Maxine Susman tells of her mother's journey toward a rewarding career as a doctor. A young Jewish girl from Brooklyn, the daughter of Russian immigrants, she became a student at the world's first medical school for women, which she attended during the Great Depression. The poems in My Mother's Medicine chart one person's story even as they contribute to the larger story of women's history in our country.