Cultural Writing. "This book celebrates a remarkable woman, a witty, generous, lyrical, philosophical poet, often angry, never resigned Carolyn's mind has the broad range of a predator, the vocabulary of a lexicographer, and the rich lyricism of those song writers of the forties whom we both adore..." -- Maxine Kumin. Carolyn Kizer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and many other honors, is one of our country's most celebrated poets. Revered for the remarkable canon of work she has honed over the last fifty years, Kizer is also admired for her social consciousness and for the generous support she has extended to younger poets, especially women.