Pulitzer Prize Biography Winner
Louise Bogan: A Portrait
by Elizabeth Frank
Summary
Elizabeth Frank recounts the life of poet and critic Louise Bogan, long the poetry reviewer for The New Yorker. The book follows Bogan's difficult childhood, her bouts of depression and hospitalization, and her exacting devotion to lyric craft. Frank illuminates a writer who guarded her privacy while shaping American poetic taste for decades.
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Historical Context & Significance
Bogan served as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, the post now known as Poet Laureate of the United States.