Title: Made with words /
Authors: Swenson, May.; McFall, Gardner.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Swenson, May Authorship.; Poetry Authorship; Poetry
Abstract: Made with Words collects prose by May Swenson (1913-89), whom critic and poet John Hollander has called "one of our few unquestionably major poets." Born in Logan, Utah, Swenson spent most of her adult life living and writing in New York City. She was an editor for New Directions Paperbacks and a writer in residence at numerous universities during the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout her long and illustrious career, Swenson produced nine volumes of verse, including New and Selected Things Taking Place and In Other Words: New Poems. She was a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and received numerous grants and awards during her lifetime.