Lorine Niedecker collected works

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""The Brontës had their moors, I have my marshes, "" Lorine Niedecker wrote of flood-prone Black Hawk Island in Wisconsin, where she lived most of her life. Her life by water, as she called it, could not have been further removed from the avant-garde poetry scene where she also made a home. Niedecker is one of the most important poets of her generation and an essential member of the Objectivist circle. Her work attracted high praise from her peers--Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky, Cid Corman, Clayton Eshleman--with whom she exchanged life-sustaining letters. Niedecker wa. Read more... Abstract: Presents Lorine Niedecker's poetry, plays, and creative prose in the sequence of their composition. This book includes an introduction that offers an account of the poet's life and notes that provide detailed textual information. Read more...