This early collection of Achtenberg\'s poetry treats the intersection of the inner and the outer life through issues of social justice that remain crucial, and the ways history and its traumas sit in us. "I can\'t tell you how wonderful and naked these poems are and a rare thing.
Her vision of concern spans the world, from her own inner city neighborhoods to the wider world, anywhere people are oppressed.
Her themes include women\'s rights, poverty, war, racism, and sexual abuse.
This early collection of Achtenberg\'s poetry treats the intersection of the inner and the outer life through issues of social justice that remain crucial, and the ways history and its traumas sit in us