The Collected Prose

About this book

Presented in two sections "Memory: Persons and Places" and "Stories " this book offers the collected prose writings of Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79) one of Americas most celebrated and admired poets. The selections are arranged not by date of compostion but in biographical order such that reading this volume greatly enriches ones understanding of Bishops life--and thus her poetry as well. "Bishops admirers will want to consult her Collected Prose for the light it sheds on her poetry " as David Lehman wrote in Newsweek. "They will discover however that it is more than just a handsome companion volume to her Complete Poems. . . . Bishops clean limpid prose makes her stories and memoirs a delight to read. . . . One regrets only that this volume cannot be added to in years to come."