Chapter 2: Sisters and Brothers Louise Glück

Louise Glück (1943-)

Louise Glück was born in New York City, grew up in Long Island, and attended Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University. Her work, which has earned her a Pulitzer Prize and many other national awards, tends to be personally revealing, drawing on myth and folktale as a way of looking at family and experience and finding meaning. Her books of poetry include Firstborn (1968); The House on Marshland (1975), in which "Pomegranate" appears; Descending Figure (1980); Triumph of Achilles (1985), which won the National Book Critics Award; Ararat (1990), which draws on classical and biblical narratives as a means of mythifying the contemporary family; The Wild Iris (1992), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Meadowlands (1996) and Vita Nuova (1999). A collection of her essays, Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry, appeared in 1994. Author Links Louise Glück Homepage This page features photographs, a brief biography and bibliography, and a Louise Glück Reading Room. The Academy of American Poets: Louise Glück This page includes a photo, a brief biography, a sound recording to "The Red Poppy," and links to related sites.

"Gretel in Darkness" Louise Glück Homepage The Academy of American Poets: Louise Gluck

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