A Muriel Rukeyser Reader - Hardcover

Rukeyser, Muriel

 
9780393035667: A Muriel Rukeyser Reader

Synopsis

Presents a selection of poetry and prose which span the 45 years of Muriel Rukeyser's writing life. Bringing together works only sparsely anthologized or long out of print, this book offers an understanding of the range, depth and originality of this writer.

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About the Authors

Jan Heller Levi’s third collection of poems, Orphan, will be published in January 2014 by Alice James Books. She is the editor of A Muriel Rukeyser Reader and is currently writing a biography of Rukeyser, forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf, with Christoph Keller.   She teaches at Hunter College in New York City.

Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980), described by The New York Times as “a brilliant mind fiercely at work,” was the author of several collections of poetry, plays, fiction, three books of biography, children’s stories, a libretto for a musical about Houdini, a book-length manifesto on poetry, and the translator of a wide range of poets, including Octavio Paz and Gunnar Ekelöf.

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ISBN 10:  0393313239 ISBN 13:  9780393313239
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995
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