Research Catalog

Title

May Swenson : a poet's life in photos / R.R. Knudson, Suzzanne Bigelow ; with a foreword by Richard Wilbur.

Author

Knudson, R. R. (Rozanne Ruth), 1932-2008.

Publication

Logan : Utah State University Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

Bigelow, Suzzanne, 1929-2007.

Description

168 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

• A rich, personal look at the life of May Swenson through the letters, journals, and photos left by the beloved poet herself and by those who knew her best. The portrait includes Swenson's childhood and adolescence in Utah, as well as her adult years on the New York writing scene. Over 160 photographs depict the range of places and times in which Swenson lived, and the many writers, editors, scholars, and family members who influenced her.
• A number of her poems - some previously unpublished - appear throughout the text, and the short anthology at the end of the book includes a representative selection from the major phases of her life as a poet. In addition to the biographical material here, this anthology itself is an important addition to Swenson scholarship.

Subject

• Swenson, May > Pictorial works
• Women poets, American > 20th century > Pictorial works

Contents

Foreword / Richard Wilbur -- 1. To Utah! -- 2. Love at Home -- 3. New York, New York -- 4. In the Village -- 5. A Purdue Interlude -- 6. Sea Cliff, Long Island -- 7. Home to Utah -- 8. Afterwords / Afterphotos -- Anthology: A Life in Poems -- The Truth Is Forced -- The Poplar's Shadow -- Working on Wall Street -- Horses in Central Park -- At East River -- Four-Word Lines -- While Seated in a Plane -- The Tall Figures of Giacometti -- August 19, Pad 19 -- The James Bond Movie -- Face to Face (translation) -- On the Road (translation) -- Watching the Jets Lose to Buffalo at Shea -- Women -- Prison Architecture -- Under the Baby Blanket -- Sleeping with Boa -- A Rescue -- The Pure Suit of Happiness -- A Wish -- The Lowering -- The Rest of My Life -- Stripping and Putting On -- The Exchange (first draft) -- Books / May Swenson -- Awards Won / May Swenson.

ISBN

0874212189

LCCN

96035686

OCLC

• 35521574
• ocm35521574

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries