Poetry. "Barbara Guest's poetry and her novel, SEEKING AIR, have been fundamental to my work and life for twenty years. Of late, her work increases in acceleration. QUILL, SOLITARY APPARITION is of perfect weight. The whole is on a blade. I feel the poetry moves beyond me and fills in where I will go"- Mei Mei Berssenbrugge.
One of the most notable members of the New York School and its most prominent woman, Barbara Guest is the author of over twenty books of poetry and fiction. The most recent to appear is The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest (Wesleyan Poetry). Other major works include The Red Gaze (Wesleyan Poetry), FORCES OF IMAGINATION (Kelsey Street Press), Miniatures and Other Poems (Wesleyan Poetry), and SYMBIOSIS (Kelsey Street Press). She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Society of America.
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