This is a poetry book. The Ghetto and Other Poems, Lola Ridge’s major collection of poems, was first published in New York by B. W. Huebsch in 1918. This study of the Lower East Side immigrant subcultures by an Australian-born radical activist is a classic work of poetry and urban studies. 'Two Lola Ridges are revealed in her book. One is the artist. The other is the radical. Sometimes the two are merged. In ‘The Ghetto’ the primary interest lies in Miss Ridge’s powers of observation and in the originality of her report. Others of her poems owe their chief interest to her passionate sympathy with the under-dog and with all the movements that make for rebellion and freedom. Lola Ridge makes no plea for popular favor. She knows, as every revolutionary knows, that only a few will understand, and that fewer still will like what she has to offer. Her dedication is ‘To the American People’ in these lines.
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