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Jane Cooper: A Radiance of Attention
Martha Collins and Celia Bland, editors
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For her five volumes of poetry over the course of her career, Jane Cooper (1924–2007) was deeply admired by her contemporaries, and teaching at Sarah Lawrence College for nearly forty years, she served as a mentor to many aspiring poets. Her elegant, honest, and emotionally and formally precise poems, often addressing the challenges of women's lives—especially the lives of women in the arts—continue to resonate with a new generation of readers.
Martha Collins and Celia Bland bring together several decades' worth of essential writing on Cooper's poetry. While some pieces offer close examination of Cooper's process or thoughtful consideration of the craft of a single poem, the volume also features reviews of her collections, including a previously unpublished piece on her first book, The Weather of Six Mornings (1969), by James Wright, a lifelong champion of her work. Marie Howe, Jan Heller Levi, and Thomas Lux, among others, share personal remembrances of Cooper as a teacher, colleague, and inspiration. L. R. Berger's moving tribute to Cooper's final days closes the volume. This book has much to offer for both readers who already love Cooper's work and new readers, especially among younger poets, just discovering her enduring poems.
Martha Collins and Celia Bland bring together several decades' worth of essential writing on Cooper's poetry. While some pieces offer close examination of Cooper's process or thoughtful consideration of the craft of a single poem, the volume also features reviews of her collections, including a previously unpublished piece on her first book, The Weather of Six Mornings (1969), by James Wright, a lifelong champion of her work. Marie Howe, Jan Heller Levi, and Thomas Lux, among others, share personal remembrances of Cooper as a teacher, colleague, and inspiration. L. R. Berger's moving tribute to Cooper's final days closes the volume. This book has much to offer for both readers who already love Cooper's work and new readers, especially among younger poets, just discovering her enduring poems.
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Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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From the Open Sea
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“Mercator’s World”
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Review of The Weather of Six Mornings
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The Weather of Six Mornings
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“Ablaze, Scared Child!”
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The Story the Surface Cannot Say
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Jane Cooper
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Jane Cooper’s “Reclaimed” Poems
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“In the Grip of a Difficult Century”
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Maps & Windows
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Endurance
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An Ecstasy of Space
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Dreamwords
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The Fragile Human Settlement
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“Threads: Rosa Luxemburg from Prison”
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Poets House Tribute to Jane Cooper
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Notes on Precision
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Inhabiting
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Angle of Repose
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Jane Cooper and the Poetics of Sanity
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“The Green Notebook”
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The Family Stories of Jane Cooper
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“I Could Not Tell You”
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Moving toward Connectedness
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Hospital Time
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“Vocation: A Life”
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Jane Cooper
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Ordinary Details
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A Boat to See by, a Life to Row
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The Flashboat
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The Last Poem
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Contributors
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Published: 2019
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-03741-4 (paper)
- 978-0-472-12529-6 (ebook)