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From several thousand letters, written by Bishop over fifty years-from 1928, when she was seventeen, to the day of her death, in Boston in 1979-Robert Giroux, the poet's longtime friend and editor, has selected over five hundred missives for this volume. In a way, the letters comprise Bishop's autobiography, and Giroux has greatly enhanced them with his own detailed, candid, and highly informative introduction. One Art takes us behind Bishop's formal sophistication and reserve, fully displaying the gift for friendship, the striving for perfection, and the passionate, questing, and rigorous spirit that made her a great artist.
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"A remarkable collection . . . True magic."
Richard Locke, The Wall Street Journal
"What a touching and pleasing book . . . Bishop's letters are keys to her art and her life."
Margo Jefferson, The New York Times
"These letters, funny, touching, and occasionally harrowing, remind us that this great poet was a remarkable woman as well. Don't miss them."
Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World