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The Muse in the Body by Catherine Barnett

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The Muse in the Body

Author
Catherine Barnett
Narrator
Anne Waldman
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc.
Publish Date
1 June 1996
Run Time
1 hour 9 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Poetry / Poems, Poetry / Poems
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How have women poets approached the question of eros throughout history? This collection explores the poetry of both physical and spiritual longing and fulfillment from ancient Greece to New York's East Village. In 50 poems, more than a dozen women poets express all the facets of desire. Included in this collection are Sappho, Mirabai, Hilda Dolittle [H.D.], Emily Dickinson, Anne Waldman, Olga Broumas, Brenda Coultas, Julie Patton, Eleni Siké lianò s, and Marina Tsvetayeva, as well as Pulitzer Prize-winners Jorie Graham, Mary Oliver, and Anne Sexton.

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Author
Catherine Barnett
Narrator
Anne Waldman
Duration
1 hour 9 minutes
Release Date
1 June 1996
ISBN
9781614675808
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc.
Genre
Poetry / Poems, Poetry / Poems

Synopsis

How have women poets approached the question of eros throughout history? This collection explores the poetry of both physical and spiritual longing and fulfillment from ancient Greece to New York's East Village. In 50 poems, more than a dozen women poets express all the facets of desire. Included in this collection are Sappho, Mirabai, Hilda Dolittle [H.D.], Emily Dickinson, Anne Waldman, Olga Broumas, Brenda Coultas, Julie Patton, Eleni Siké lianò s, and Marina Tsvetayeva, as well as Pulitzer Prize-winners Jorie Graham, Mary Oliver, and Anne Sexton.

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