Poetry. Women's Studies. CONTRARIES is a collection of poems about the life of a woman from birth through childhood, adolescence, marriage, erotic life, political and cultural context, children, grandchildren, and illness—all seen through the perspective of age. "[Sondra Zeidenstein] examines a long-term marriage from every possible angle—that of a daughter, of a loving wife and partner, of a passionate young woman and a passionate older one. She flinches from nothing; she remembers everything"—Sue Ellen Thompson.

Author City: GOSHEN, CT USA

Sondra Zeidenstein is a poet, editor and publisher. Her poetry collections include A DETAIL IN THAT STORY (1998), RESISTANCE (2003) and CONTRARIES: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (2011), all from Chicory Blue Press. She is editor of A WIDER GIVING: WOMEN WRITING AFTER A LONG SILENCE (1988), HEART OF THE FLOWER: POEMS FOR THE SENSUOUS GARDENER (1991) and FAMILY REUNION: POEMS ABOUT PARENTING GROWN CHILDREN (2003), all from Chicory Blue Press. She is publisher of Chicory Blue Press.