"...poems are autobiography... and comment, the metronomic alternation
of anecdote and response." *

--Louise Glück

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Poetry is the genre of writing that comes most close to confession. Nothing bares the soul like a well-crafted poem poured forth from the depths of the heart. Louise Glück is a contemporary American poet with a strength of voice and an amazing clarity of emotional language. Spare and elegant, she gives herself to her audience in each of her works.

Her images are gripping -- sometimes stark and at other times lush and vibrant. Common to all her pieces is the ability to move the reader to feel emotion. Maybe it is a sudden gasp of revelation of connection or perhaps the moment comes later, when the poem resurfaces from deep in memory. Emotions will be evoked.

Glück has moved away from her early form of traditional collections of poems written over a period of time, to a series of book-length sequences with one common theme, each working together to compose the whole.

Overwhelmingly renowned, she holds a Pulitzer Prize and is a former United States poet laureate.

Please note that I have no contact with Ms. Glück. I have written to her care of her office and she has returned my letter with a phone call, but I have no special tips or tricks as to how you can reach her otherwise. I get a lot of requests on this subject and wanted to make clear my lack of resources to assist.

* from Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry by Louise Glück, Ecco Press

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