Ruth Stone
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born
June 08, 1915
gender
female
place of birth
Roanoke, Virginia, The United States
genre
Poetry
about this author
Ruth Stone is an American poet and author of thirteen books of poetry. She is the recipient of the 2002 National Book Award (for her collection In the Next Galaxy), the 2002 Wallace Stevens Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Eric Mathieu King Award from The Academy of American Poets, a Whiting Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, the Delmore Schwartz Award, the Cerf Lifetime Achievement Award from the state of Vermont, and the Shelley Memorial Award. In July 2007, she was named poet laureate of Vermont.
After her husband committed suicide in 1959, Stone was forced to raise her three daughters alone as she traveled the US, teaching creative writing at many universities, including the University of Illinois, Universit...more
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In the Next Galaxy by Ruth Stone avg rating 4.00 — 57 ratings — published 2004 2 editions |
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Ordinary Words by Ruth Stone avg rating 4.14 — 22 ratings — published 1999 2 editions |
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In the Dark by Ruth Stone avg rating 4.11 — 19 ratings — published 2004 2 editions |
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Second-Hand Coat: Poems New and Selected by Ruth Stone avg rating 4.06 — 16 ratings — published 1987 3 editions |
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Simplicity by Ruth Stone avg rating 3.93 — 14 ratings — published 1997 |
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What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems by Ruth Stone avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 2008 |
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Who Is the Widow's Muse? by Ruth Stone avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 1991 |
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Cheap: New Poems and Ballads by Ruth Stone avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1975 |
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Handbook of African Music (Garland Handbooks of World Music) by Ruth Stone avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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American milk by Ruth Stone avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1986 |
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