Walker Woman

By Julia Stein

Here are poems of modern day survival, set in Los Angeles. The woman of the title (from a story by Mary Austin) provides an image for the poet of one who "came and went about our western world," establishing a saving relationship with the land. The urban poet grapples with the themes of her life: her dying father, never able to use his teaching credentials; her own adjunct teaching position in the L.A. community college system, full of overcrowding, layoffs, and her beautiful immigrant students; the South Central riots, a forest fire, a flood, and an earthquake complicating her labors; her friend a woman climber who dies of a heart attack in the emergency room; her improbable lover who brings plants and flowers, beer and confusion; and always the return to the land.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970534442
• ISBN13: 9780970534446
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: West End Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"