The Pedestrians

The PedestriansBy Rachel Zucker Description Reviews Rachel Zucker returns to themes of motherhood, marriage, and the life of an artist in this double collection of poems. FABLES, written in prose form, shows the reader different settings (mountains, ocean, Paris) of Zucker's travels and meditations on place. THE PEDESTRIANS brings us back to her native New York and the daily frustrations of a woman torn by obligations. Chicago Tribune's best poetry books of 2014 The

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