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Presents the masterpieces of fifty great women poets in the English language over the past 150 years. Like the widely praised 100 Essential Modern Poems, this accessible volume is filled with wisdom and insights to delight. Includes ideas about courage and endurance, life and death, faith and hope, and the continuing search for meaning, as well as the favorite subjects of love, marriage, family dynamics, and nature. Selected by Joseph Parisi, former longtime editor of Poetry magazine, with Kathleen Welton, the collection features such acclaimed poets as Emily Dickinson, Lucille Clifton, Maxine Kumin, Audre Lorde, Marianne Moore, Mary Oliver, Linda Pastan, Sylvia Plath, Kay Ryan, and May Swenson. Also includes many fine but forgotten poets and several contemporary poets who will surprise, stimulate, and amuse readers.
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This wonderfully satisfying collection presents the masterpieces of forty-eight great women poets, tracing the evolution of their art in the English language over the past 150 years. Like the widely praised 100 Essential Modern Poems, this accessible volume is filled with wisdom and insights that will delight, engage, and inspire readers of any gender, age, or interests.
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Selected by Joseph Parisi, former longtime editor of Poetry magazine, with publishing executive Kathleen Welton, the collection features such acclaimed poets as Emily Dickinson, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Jane Kenyon, Maxine Kumin, Audre Lorde, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, Mary Oliver, Dorothy Parker, Linda Pastan, Marge Piercy, Sylvia Plath, Kay Ryan, Anne Sexton, and May Swenson. But the book also turns attention once again to many fine but forgotten women poets, and includes several contemporary poets whose talents and unique points of view will surprise, stimulate, and amuse readers meeting them for the first time.
Courage and endurance, life and death, faith and hope, and the continuing search for meaning in modern life, as well as love, marriage, family dynamics, and nature are favorite subjects. Mr. Parisi introduces each poet with a concise and enlightening biographical sketch, and provides clear commentary on the favorite subjects and particular elements of style in the selection of the author's poems.
In all, 100 Essential Modern Poems by Women is an indispensable resource--to read, reread, and enjoy.
Joseph Parisi is the former editor of Poetry magazine. His other books include 100 Essential Modern Poems and, with Stephen Young, The Poetry Anthology, 1912-2002, and a two-volume history of Poetry magazine in letters, Dear Editor and Between the Lines.
Kathleen Welton is a thirty-year veteran of the publishing industry and is a member of the Academy of American Poets and the Poetry Society of America. Born in Santa Monica, California, she studied at Stanford University. She is the editor of Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin. She has served as Director of Book Publishing for the American Bar Association as well as Publisher for IDG Books and Dearborn Trade. She lives in Chicago.
Kathleen Welton is a thirty-year veteran of the publishing industry and is a member of the Academy of American Poets and the Poetry Society of America. Born in Santa Monica, California, she studied at Stanford University. She is the editor of Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin. She has served as Director of Book Publishing for the American Bar Association as well as Publisher for IDG Books and Dearborn Trade. She lives in Chicago.
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- PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1442260041
- ISBN 13 9781442260047
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
- EditorParisi Joseph, Welton Kathleen
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