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Alicia Ostriker on Mother's Day

born 1937 United States

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Part of the task of the artist is to reach across boundaries, to love and empathize with the other, the stranger.

The American Voice 45 (1998)

I love the idea that I write poems that are porous. That have openings and loopholes and...invite people in rather than telling them something.

Conversations with the World by Phebe Davidsen (1998)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alicia Ostriker (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.