THE WAITING ROOM - Strevinsky, Christine
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The Waiting Room poems stem from the author's experiences with old age and include its trials, such as illness, others' views of the aged, be they friends or family, the loss of someone who matters, and the occasional perks of aging.

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The Waiting Room poems stem from the author's experiences with old age and include its trials, such as illness, others' views of the aged, be they friends or family, the loss of someone who matters, and the occasional perks of aging.
Autorenporträt
Christine Strevinsky was born in Poland and grew up under the Nazi occupation. She immigrated to the USA at age eighteen; she spoke no English at the time. She has been a welder, a sausage stuffer, a mail inserter, as well as being engaged in various other occupations. After raising a family she became a freshman at the age of forty-five at the University of New Orleans where she ultimately obtained a master's degree in English. She taught composition and creative writing at the Delgado Community College, also in New Orleans. She is the author of two novels, a chapbook, and has had poetry published in various literary journals (Louisiana Journal of College English, The Magnolia Revue, Voices in the Library, The Voice of the Forum, U.S 1 Worksheets, The Magnolia Quarterly and others), and had poems included in a couple of anthologies. She is retired and still writing. An octogenarian, she is the mother of three, grandmother of four, and a great-grandmother of three.