Alicia Ostriker
Alicia Suskin Ostriker | |
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Ostriker in 2014 | |
| Born | November 11, 1937 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Education | Brandeis University, B.A. (1959); University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A. (1961), Ph.D.(1964) |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University; University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Genre | Poetry |
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| Children | Rebecca Ostriker Eve Ostriker Gabriel Ostriker |
Alicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry. She was called "America's most fiercely honest poet" by Progressive. Additionally, she was one of the first women poets in America to write and publish poems discussing the topic of motherhood. In 2015, she was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. In 2018, she was named the New York State Poet Laureate.