America's greatest unknown poet : Lorine Niedecker : reminiscences, photographs, letters and her most memorable poems / by John Lehman ; foreword by Virgil Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehman, John, 1941-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Niedecker, Lorine.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

104 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Wis. : Zelda Wilde Pub., 2003.

Summary:

The relationship between writing and living is explored in this collection of letters, poems, photographs, and reminiscences from people who knew Lorine Niedecker personally. Niedecker's acclaimed poems are distinguished by a fierce style that earned her work comparison to that of Emily Dickinson and William Carlos Williams. Revelations about her roles as the daughter of a Wisconsin carp fisherman and as a hospital cleaning woman offer insight into how Niedecker became a quintessential poet of place. Critical questions are discussed about the creative process reflected in Niedecker's writings, including "What can we achieve through writing?" "How are we affected by where we live?" and "Who inspires us?"

Contents:

Enough to carry me thru

And town changed us too

The influence of inference

At the close : someone

A pencil for a wing bone

To weep a deep trickle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 83).

Contains:

Niedecker, Lorine. Poems. Selections.

Niedecker, Lorine. Correspondence. Selections.

ISBN:

0974172804

9780974172804

OCLC:

54841120