The Mind-Body Problem
Includes 'Night Subway', Poem of the Week at the Guardian online (23-29 July). The Mind-Body Problem is the UK edition of the National Books Critics Circle Award-winning book of poetry by the renowned American poet and essayist, Katha Pollitt. Politically and artfully subversive, Pollitt touches on subjects as diverse as 'Lives of the 19th Century Poetesses', 'Collectibles' and 'The Night Subway'. There are also poems devoted to revisionist tales from the Bible, where female characters like 'Martha' and 'Lot's Wife' get the last word. A mid-life perspective, bringing both wisdom and humour, confirms her place at the front rank of Modern American Poets. "These are poems that delight in the te