Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Though I may be deafened by this, let’s have a generous round of applause for MFA faculty member Alicia Suskin Ostriker for winning the National Jewish Book Award in Poetry for her new book, The Book of Seventy (University of Pittsburgh, 2009). Or you could wait until March 9, when the New York City-based Jewish Book Council rolls out the red carpet at its awards ceremony. Sample a few poems from The Book of Seventy at Garrison Keillor’s website.—Renée Olson, Editor,
To learn more about Ostriker, visit the MFA Poetry Faculty page.