|
|
Article: Mary Kinzie's Bogan.(Louise Bogan A Poet's Prose: Selected Writings of Louise Bogan)(Book Review)
- Article from:
- New Criterion
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Louise Bogan A Poet's Prose: Selected Writings of Louise Bogan, edited by Mary Kinzie. Swallow Press, 394 pages, $19.95 (paper)
Most readers will recognize the name of the lyric poet Louise Bogan (if at all) as a brief stop on the way from Elizabeth Bishop to Gwendolyn Brooks in modern poetry anthologies. Two decades after a temporary resurgence spurred by Elizabeth Frank's Pulitzer-prize winning biography, Louise Bogan: A Portrait, her literary status was once again threatening to fade into the shadows and solitude that she herself so coveted during her long career as a poet, essayist, and literary reviewer. So we welcome Mary Kinzie's new edition of Bogan's ...