Alicia Ostriker is the author of fiveteen books of poetry. The Crack in Everything (Pittsburgh, 1996) and The Little Space (Pittsburgh, 1998) were both finalists for a National Book Award. The Book of Seventy (Pittsburgh, 2009) and Waiting for the Light (Pittsburgh, 2017) both won a National Jewish Book Award for Poetry. Ostriker is also the author of nine books of criticism including For the Love of God (Rutgers, 2007), a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. (2018)