Description: Poetry. "In Upton's fifth book of poetry, she returns to tableaus in history, both mythical and actual. She pictures Emily Dickinson with blossoms in her hands, Dido standing before the burning pyre at Carthage; even lines from Shakespeare become fodder for a rich imagining of scene. The poems move between ancient settings and modern metaphorical language, high seriousness and humor"--Camille-Yvette Welsch.
Brief description: Lee Upton is an American poet and a graduate of the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.She is the author of several books of poetry and literary criticism, including Civilian Histories (2000, University of Georgia Press) and The Muse of Abandonment (Bucknell University Press).Her work is featured in American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets (2006) and many other anthologies. Upton is currently a professor of English and writer in residence at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. She was honored with the Lyric Poetry Award and The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award at the group's 95th annual awards ceremony April 28, 2005, at The New School in New York City.
Review Quotes: "In Upton's fifth book of poetry, she returns to tableaus in history, both mythical and actual. She pictures Emily Dickinson with blossoms in her hands, Dido standing before the burning pyre at Carthage; even lines from Shakespeare become fodder for a rich imagining of scene. The poems move between ancient settings and modern metaphorical language, high seriousness and humor."--Camille-Yvette Welsch "ForeWord Reviews"