Obliquities |
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| Author | : Lynn Strongin |
| Binding | : Paperback (pp: 390) |
| ISBN | : 978- 81-8253-130-7 |
| Publisher | : Cyberwit.net |
| Pub.Date | : 2009 |
| Price | : $20 |
From above, as it flew, the angel saw the city as a cross. It was New York City in the 1950’s: North to South, East to West, forming the two long arms of the crucifix. The grid of the early city planners was both logical and elegant, held by Park Avenue down the middle, and cross-town streets horizontally, the Cross-town Seventy-Fifty Street running horizontally thru Central park.
Born in New York City in 1939, Lynn Strongin's name comes up regularly in college classes as one of the most unique voices in American poetry. Strongin has lived in British Columbia for more than a quarter century, but considers herself a profoundly American writer. During the 1960s, she worked with Denise Levertov amidst the lively political environment of Berkeley, California.
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