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Marge Piercy

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Marge Piercy · Arts & Literature

What

Poet / lyricist

When

1936, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Marge Piercy is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist

How & why

Piercy is an American poet, novelist and social activist whose acclaimed work includes the feminist science-fiction novel Woman on the Edge of Time and numerous poetry collections, engaging feminism, social justice and Jewish life and ritual. Her poems are widely anthologized and used in progressive Jewish liturgy. Born to a Jewish mother and raised Jewish, she identifies as Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists

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Poet / lyricist

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists