Mother Said: Poems Textile & Costume In the Madre de Dios—Mother

In the Madre de Dios—Mother of God—region of Peru

The Last Kind Words Saloon celebrates the genius of one of our most original American writers

distinguished Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy—author of the highly acclaimed Race

ISBN13: 9780060165369 ISBN10: 0060165367 Material Type: hardcover

Clear-eyed

Mother Said: Poems Textile & Costume In the Madre de Dios—MotherBefore her death in December of 1993, Estelle Sirowitz ladled out the usual maternal advice from wearing clean underwear (without holes), to believing in God, and keeping limbs inside windows of moving vehicles. The difference lay not in her delivery but in the recipient: her son Hal. Nearly fourteen years ago Sirowitz began turning his mother's advice into poetry never showing her exactly what came of her ranting and raving about a ketchup jar: