Janet E. Kaufman is assistant professor of English at the University of Utah. Anne F. Herzog is Dean of theSchool of Arts, Science, and Professional Studies at Springfield College. They are coeditors of "How Shall We Tell Each Other of the Poet?": The Life and Writing of Muriel Rukeyser.
One of the most admired poets of the American left, Rukeyser is in
the midst of a revival: this enormous collection should help keep
the spotlight on her work.""POSITIVELY BRILLIANT.-- "Publishers
Weekly"
Rukeyser appears more and more as an exemplary American modernist,
the lyric poet of epic awareness. Her Collected Poems is a monument
of the last century, a gift to the present and a hope for the
future. In it one finds . . . poems of such variety, passion and
compassion, indignant judgment, joy, humor and conviction that it
is impossible to summarize.-- "The Washington Post"
The editors of this invaluable volume have made accessible a major
American poet and a soulful humanist.""A monument of the last
century, a gift to the present and hope for the future.--
"Booklist"
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