Older, Wiser, Shorter: The Truth and Humor of Life After 65 (Tallfellow Press) is an intimate collection of 89 poems from Jane Seskin, a working psychotherapist and author.
Seskin, authentic, funny, insightful, quirky and heartfelt, acknowledges the disappointments, physical vulnerability and emotional loss taking place in her senior years. She is able to discover within herself a solid sense of power, resilience and newfound joys through her struggles to acknowledge, accommodate and accept her aging.
Seskin's ability to make the very personal universal, will resonate with readers seeking to discover new ways to honor the past, celebrate the present and welcome the future. A Reading Guide to the poems will inspire further reflection and discussion for book and women's groups.
Seskin is a social worker and author of 13 books, with poems and essays published in national magazines and journals (Cosmopolitan, Woman’s Day, Persimmon Tree, Next Avenue and The New York Times). For 20 years she provided individual and group treatment to survivors of violent crimes. She’s been a contributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul anthology series. She served as a writer-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.