Ellen Bass

Like a Beggar

Ellen Bass

Bass writes personal stories to achieve a kind of universality in her poems. The poems in this collection offer a sharp look at everyday experience as a lens for our lives.Bass writes about a broad range and appeals to a wide swath of readers, addressing motherhood, lesbian identity, science, and aging. The specificity in her poems makes these different subjects accessible and appealing across identity.

The Human Line

Ellen Bass

– Bass is co-author of million-seller Courage to Heal – Bass considered a pioneer in field of healing from child sexual abuse – Bass has a devoted following – The Human Line confronts many of the profound moral dilemmas of our time—all grounded in human-scale concerns – Bass is popular workshop leader and creative writing teacher – Bass poems have appeared in many national publications including The Atlantic Monthly, Ms., DoubleTake – Who can resist lines like: “A brain / firing one hundred billion neurons / is still bashing its own skull with big rocks.”