THE MOON IS ALWAYS FEMALE
Poems
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 12, 1980
Her seventh and most wide ranging collection.
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- Who it’s for
- These poems move from wit and eroticism to classical notes, then follow a lunar calendar.
- Themes
- Eroticism, Lunar calendar, Humor
- Genres
- Women Poets, Love Poetry, American Poetry
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Her seventh and most wide ranging collection. In the 1st of 2 sections, the poems move from the amusingly elegiac to the erotic, the classical to the funny. The 2nd section is a series of 15 poems for a calendar based on lunar rather than solar divisions
Many Moods, One Moon
These poems move from wit and eroticism to classical notes, then follow a lunar calendar.
Come here for
- For poetry that shifts from amusingly elegiac to funny
- For a lunar calendar shaped by fifteen poems
Expect
- A wide-ranging collection in two sections
- A change of tone and a moon-based rhythm
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 52% |
|---|---|
| Love Poetry | 52% |
| Women Poets | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Poetry
- Nature Poetry
- Women Poets
- Authors
- Marge Piercy
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- March 12, 1980
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Eroticism · Lunar calendar · Humor
- Reading lane
- American Poetry