Monsters And Other Lovers [Paperback]

Lisa Glatt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1996

A collection of poems dealing with a woman's relationship to her own body as well as her mother's struggle with breast cancer.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...clearly a woman's voice writing about women's experience, not safely, not at a distance, not with Olympian detachment, and surely not solely to be read with approval by men sitting in judgment . . . These poems are stinging; they tell us that women's bodies are still terrible and lovely, still secret, but they name those feelings in a loud, unflinching voice. -- Marjorie Roemer in HURRICANE ALICE

About the Author

Lisa Glatt was born in 1963 and has spent most of her life in Southern California. She holds an M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and teaches in the UCLA Extensions Writers' Program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Pearl Editions; 1st edition (February 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888219009
• ISBN-13: 978-1888219005
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,017,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars i'm a man, and i loved this book, January 30, 2001

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Erren Geraud Kelly - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monsters And Other Lovers (Paperback)

she reminds me of bukowski, the simplicity of her language, but there is a lot going on in these poems...she writes about her sexuality, her childhood, her mother's battle with cancer, and she shows the reader the beauty you can mine out of vulgarity...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Feast for the Senses!, December 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Monsters And Other Lovers (Paperback)

If Gertrude Stein were to have had a literary offspring, Lisa Glatt would do her proud. Monsters & Other Lovers is an amazing book of poems. Buy this book.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking, January 2, 2003

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Melissa C. DiGiulio (Clinton, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monsters And Other Lovers (Paperback)

I found it interesting that people who purchased this book also purchased Alice Seybold's The Lovely Bones. While both are lovely in their own way, this book is full of the grit of reality, while of course Seybold's is the cotton candy world of the hereafter. Personally, I prefer Glatt's vision, though I thoroughly enjoyed both books. Glatt's work is stark and honest, yet human and infinitely forgiving. I highly recommend this book.