Tag Archives: Marge Piercy

How Sports Spurred My Literary Imagination

By Robin Bates | Published: June 12, 2026

In which I examine my longtime relationship with sports, along with some of its literary associations.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 12, 2025

Marge Piercy applauds the uncomfortable Elijah in this Passover poem.

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By Robin Bates | Published: December 4, 2024

Marge Piercy’s “To Be of Use” should be a reminder to incoming politicians that the real work of governing is not a television reality show.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 2, 2024

Piercy’s “The Book of Ruth and Naomi” explores the love between the two women.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 1, 2024

For Labor Day, two poems (Brecht, Piercy) about jobs that degrade. But the poems themselves offer solace.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 30, 2023

The new Barbie film confirms Piercy’s complaints about stereotypes in “Barbie Doll” but goes further.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2022

Piercy’s Rosh Hashanah poem uses new moon symbolism to powerful effect.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 23, 2021

As I spent a night in an emergency room, I thought of my wife, my mother, and this Piercy Ruth and Naomi poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 27, 2021

Marge Piercy’s “Maggid” is a powerful Passover poem about the courage it takes to abandon what is familiar.

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