“While reading On Retirement as a gerontologist coming to terms with the finitude of life, I was often moved by a phrase here, an insight there. The editors, who have good ears and discerning eyes, have helped me see my aging in fresh ways. To put a human face on aging, we need more works in this genre. For their gift, many audiences will be in their debt.”

               -- Andrew Aschenbaum, professor of history and social work, university of Houston

“This collection is a magnificent entrée to a season of life when time is at once bountiful and limited, is taken and surrendered, has been invested and withdrawn. Some of these voices say that time is leaden and some say it flies, and all are resolute in facing the arc of life’s course.”

               -- Dave Ekerdt, gerontologist, University of Kansas

“How are we to live after retirement? These remarkable poems help us on our way: they convey the pleasures of memory, the indignities of infirmity, the miracle of everyday life, etc. . . . Readers will see themselves differently after looking at so many sparkling gems.”

               -- Thomas R. Cole, director, McGovern Cetner for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit, University of Texas-Houston School of Medicine



On Retirement: 75 Poems was published by University of Iowa Press in March 2007. It is available from your favorite bookseller, or directly from University of Iowa Press

For additional information, please e-mail Judith Strasser