Becoming a poet
Subtitle: Elizabeth Bishop, with Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell
By: David Kalstone ; edited, with a preface, by Robert Hemenway ; afterword by James Merrill.
Contributors: Hemenway, Robert, 1921-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979.; Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 -- Correspondence.; Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 -- Correspondence.; Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 -- Correspondence.; Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.; Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Genres: Correspondence.; Biography.
Description: "Becoming a poet traces the evolution of Elizabeth Bishop's poetic career through her friendships with other poets, notably Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell. Published in 1989 following critic David Kalstone's death, with the help of a number of his friends and colleagues, it was greeted with uniformly enthusiastic praise.

Hailed at that time as "one of the most sensitive appreciations of Elizabeth Bishop's genius ever composed" and "a first-rate piece of criticism" and "a masterpiece of understanding about friendship and about poetry," it has been largely unavailable in recent years."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-290) and index.