I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years.

1964). W. S.

Her books of poetry include Presentation Piece (1974) which won the National Book AwardLove Death and the Changing of the Seasons (1986) and Going Back to the River (1990). She is Professor of English at the City College of New York.