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Louise Bogan

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born

in Livermore Falls, Maine, The United States

August 11, 1897

died

February 04, 1970

gender

female

website

http://www.english.illinois.edu/Maps/poets/a_f/...

genre

Poetry

influences

Edmund Wilson, early mentor.

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She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945.

As poetry editor of The New Yorker magazine for nearly 40 years, Bogan played a major role in shaping mainstream poetic sensibilities of the mid-20th Century.

The Poetry Foundation notes that Bogan has been called by some critics the most accomplished woman poet of the twentieth century. It further notes that, "Some critics have placed her in a category of brilliant minor poets described as the "reactionary generation." This group eschewed the prevailing Modernist forms that would come to dominate the literary landscape of the era in favor of more traditional techniques.

Dictionary of Literary Biography contributor Brett C. Millier named Bogan "one of the finest lyr...more

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Louise Bogan's Books

Average rating: 3.86 · 685 ratings · 88 reviews · 21 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Blue Estuaries: Poems, 1923-1968 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey Around My Room by Louise Bogan, Ruth Limmer (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Poet's Prose: Selected Writings by Louise Bogan, Mary Kinzie (Editor) 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Woman Lived: Selected Letters, 1920-1970 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Summer 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1929	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Journey: Poems For Young People by Louise Bogan, William Jay Smith 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body of This Death 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1923	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place Where by Louise Bogan, James Joyce, Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1900	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Poems 1923-1953 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1954	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Louise Bogan

“O remember
In your narrowing dark hours
That more things move
Than blood in the heart.”
― Louise Bogan

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“...in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of its lost heart.”
― Louise Bogan

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“Come, drunks and drug-takers; come perverts unnerved!
Receive the laurel, given, though late, on merit; to whom
and wherever deserved.

Parochial punks, trimmers, nice people, joiners true-blue,
Get the hell out of the way of the laurel. It is deathless
And it isn't for you.”
― Louise Bogan, The Blue Estuaries: Poems, 1923-1968

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