On the Way Out, Turn Off the Light

“An ode to a life lived big and full … Direct, earthy poems [that] steer us towards something larger than the self.” —Sophia Starmack, The Provincetown Independent“Piercy’s collection is full of life, companionship, and the importance of advocating for others … Multifaceted, [it] touches on her identities as activist, teacher, cat lover, novelist, and poet.”     —Publishers Weekly“Her varied themes include politics (emphatically leftist), gender roles, Jewishness, womanhood, age, and mortality, all of which she approaches with a matter-of-factness that is one of the gifts of long and considered experience. Piercy shares her life with admirable honesty.” —AudioFile

MARGE PIERCY is the author of nineteen poetry collections, a memoir, seventeen novels, and a book of short stories. Her work has been translated into nineteen languages, and she has won many honors, including the Golden Rose, the oldest poetry award in the country. She lives on Cape Cod with her husband, Ira Wood, the novelist, memoirist, community radio interviewer, and essayist. She has given readings, lectures, or workshops at more than five hundred venues in the States and abroad.