Description: This text firmly positions Whitman as a necessary and radical voice within the American poetry canon.
Brief description: Ruth Whitman is a widely published poet, author, and translator. She has published two books on poetic method. Her translations include The Selected Poems of Jacob Glatstein and An Anthology of Modern Yiddish Poetry. Whitman is lecturer in poetry for Radcliffe Seminars of Radcliffe College. She holds an M.A. From Harvard University.
Review Quotes:
With this book . . . she takes her place as a notable poet on the American scene.
-- "The Boston Globe"