Children Of Paradise (Pitt Poetry Series) [Paperback]

Liz Rosenberg (Author)

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“Rosenberg has the gift of connection, the ability to enter into an empathetic contract with the blind child, the impoverished workman, the alienated teenager, the elderly cardiac patient her unborn child—and to deal with this material impressively.”
—Maxine Kumin

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press; 1 edition (April 19, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822955024
• ISBN-13: 978-0822955023
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,614,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Liz Rosenberg is the author of 3 novels, 5 books of poems and more than 20 award winning books for children. She has edited five prize winning poetry anthologies (including THE INVISIBLE LADDER and LIGHT GATHERING POEMS) and her picture book, THE CAROUSEL was featured on PBS' Reading Rainbow. Her newest picture book, TYRANNOSAURUS DAD, illustrated by brilliant newcomer Matthew Myers, is a Children's Book of the Month Club bestseller, has garnered praise from Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal and elsewhere, and was an Amazon top 10 children's book on dinosaurs, sports and family.

Her first novel for adults, HOME REPAIR was a Target Breakout book and voted top ten for Book Clubs and Most Likely to be Next Oprah Pick on Goodreads.

Liz Rosenberg was born and raised on Long Island. She met her husband, David, when they were 7 and 8 years old respectively, at summer camp. They became friends in high school, each married other people, and ten years after they had reconnected in high school, finally got married. They have been married 3 times to each other because they are both terrible at keeping track of paperwork. They have an actor son, Eli, and an 8 year old daughter, Lily.

Liz Rosenberg's first husband was the late great American novelist John Gardner, author of Grendel, Nickel Mountain, How to Become a Novelist and more than 25 other works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and scholarship. Together they taught at the State University of Binghamton till his untimely death in l982 in a motorcycle accident. She continues as a full professor at Binghamton University's English Department and has guest taught all over the world, from Russia to Austria to Singapore, and at colleges throughout the United States. Ms. Rosenberg spends her time reading and writing. Her hobbies are reading and writing and her passions are-- right, reading and writing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Evocative Images Framed With Imagination And Perception, September 23, 1999

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greenpoet (Worcester, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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This is a wonderful book of poems that I love reading aloud. The images are real yet one can read their own experience in the stories and reflections that Ms. Rosenberg presents. Though at times some pieces may seem dark, there is an uplifting undercurrent that runs throughout them, a sense of humanity that touches me with its hopefulness amid the challenges of modern life. I particularly enjoy the gentle twists that she employs; they are powerful in driving home her vision but also make me sit back with wonder. I highly recommend this collection.

5.0 out of 5 stars great collection of poems, July 21, 2010

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dragonfly "dragonfly" (New England) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Children Of Paradise (Pitt Poetry Series) (Paperback)

Just want to note that this is a book of poems, not an anthology. Perhaps the reviewer before me was thinking of one of Rosenberg's anthologies, like The Invisible Ladder or Light Gathering Poems? These books cover every aspect of life--and death--but especially love. I would have to say I think some of these poems are the best, most beautiful poems written in the past decade. I was especially moved by the section of poems about mothers and sons, but what I admire is how outward-reaching this book is.