Synopses & Reviews
Review
"This remarkable poet, who only in a limited way has ever been properly appreciated, is here the subject of a full and well-colored portrait. Ms. Frank has put together everything that she could find out about Louise Bogan from friends and relatives and from her work: the incomplete prose probings into herself, the short stories, the critical essays and reviews, letters, and, the root of all, the poems themselves. One of the best things about this biography is the generous use of the poems in their natural place in the life. The life and the poems thus intermeshed make each clearer and more understandable. It would be hard to overrate this work." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)