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008			903007s2008 nyua b 101 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aPS3503.I785 _bZ49 2008
082	0	0	_a92 BIS
100	1		_aBishop, Elizabeth _d, 1911-1979
245	1	0	_aWords in air _b: the complete correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell _c/ edited by Thomas Travisano, with Saskia Hamilton
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2008.
300			_axli, 875 p. _b: ill. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aLetter writing has a longstanding, highly regarded reputation for personal revelation, as exemplified by this collection of the vivid, spirited, spontaneous letters of poets Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79) and Robert Lowell (1917-77). Their letters over three decades explore both their outer public and their private inner lives. Yet neither strives to create literary expression in the letters; instead, readers clearly see the give and take of real friendship. Authenticity is ever present-and is especially pointed when either poet is making an observation on the poetry of the other. Their connection-in spite of disappointments, differences, and bouts of depression-was never in jeopardy. In one letter, Bishop comments that Lowell sounds lively as a cricket. The reading world should offer up a chorus of lively cricket sounds, a singing of hosannas for the poetry of Bishop and Lowell that benefited immensely from their shared life through letters-and also for the letters alone. They remain fresh and memorable after 30 years of enduring wit and wisdom.
600	1	0	_aBishop, Elizabeth _d, 1911-1979
600	1	0	_aLowell, Robert _d, 1917-1977
650		0	_aPoets, American _y--20th century _v--Correspondence
700	1		_aLowell, Robert _d, 1917-1977
700	1		_aTravisano, Thomas _d, 1951-
700	1		_aHamilton, Saskia _d, 1967-
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