The Essential Muriel Rukeyser: Poems Contributor(s): Rukeyser, Muriel (Author), Trethewey, Natasha (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0062985493 ISBN-13: 9780062985491 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 7.2" (0.65 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: The definitive edition of selected work from a poet whose influence continues to be widely felt today, introduced by Natasha Trethewey The Essential Muriel Rukeyser represents the curation of Rukeyser's most enduring and urgent work, gathered in one volume that spans the many decades of her life and career, and with an introduction from Natasha Trethewey, one of our most important contemporary poets. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rukeyser, Muriel: - Muriel Rukeyser was a poet and political activist. She was born in New York City in 1913 and attended Vassar College. She published over fifteen volumes of poetry in her lifetime and received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1966. She died in New York City in 1980. Trethewey, Natasha: -Natasha Trethewey is a former US poet laureate and the author of five collections of poetry, as well as a book of creative nonfiction. She is currently the Board of Trustees Professor of English at Northwestern University. In 2007 she won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection Native Guard. |