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by: Amy Clampitt
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780231132862
ISBN: 0231132867
Label: Columbia University Press
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: June 10, 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Sales Rank: 847418
Studio: Columbia University Press
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'Here is the second half of the twentieth century, as revealed to the moral eye and aesthetic sensibility of poet Amy Clampitt. And here is an exemplary life, an examined life; we get a full account of Clampitt's experience as a Midwesterner transplanted to New York City, her romantic affairs, her political commitments, her life choices. We follow her amazing range and depth of reading and her aspirations to become a novelist. And in the sparkling details of travels, the endless bus rides, the reflections on 19th century writers, the observations of place, we find the seeds of her poems. Willard Spiegelman's introduction offers just the light touch needed to launch us into this compelling narrative of a writer's life.' -- Bonnie Costello, Boston University, author Shifting Ground: Reinventing Landscape in Modern American Poetry
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Rating: - The Delight of a New Friend
Aside from the pleasure this excellent collection of her letters will bring to fans of Amy Clampitt's poetry, real delight is in store for any reader who loves books and taking life seriously but not grimly. Amy Clampitt came late to being recognized as a poet but she always had the integrity of an artist. Unusually modest, unusually interested in the world outside her self, her correspondence tells the classic American story of a bright young woman from the Midwest who moves to New York City. But ... Read More
Rating: - A Woman's Literary Life
Even people with no interest in poetry will be touched by the letters of Amy Clampitt, who lived in New York for forty years before she became an instant celebrity at 63 when Knopf published her first book of poems. Late bloomers: take heart. Clampitt was there before you. She worked as a literary editor and a librarian, and led a quiet, humble, thoughtful life. Her letters are marvels of energy and observation. As a Quaker, she participated in political activism in the 60s, and had a strong sense ... Read More
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