The Ghetto, and other poems

Lola Ridge lived in 1873 - 1941, the era of mass revolutions dedicated to emancipation and racial equality. The Ghetto and Other Poems (1918) is the first book published by her. The opening poem portrays the life of the Jewish community in Hester Street, New York. Ridge's poems deal with the consequences of capitalism, gender conflicts, and issues of the continuity of generations in the various immigrant communities in the US.

The author dedicated this volume to the American people. In the preface she asks “Will you feast with me, American people? On my board are bitter apples..” Find here poems The Ghetto, Manhattan, Broadway, Flotsam, Spring, Bowery Afternoon, Promenade, The Fog, Faces, Debris, Dedication, The Song of Iron, Frank Little at Calvary, Spires etc.