The Poetry of Louise Glück

We mourn the death of Louise Glück, a poet, a recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University, with a look back at four decades of her work in the Review.

From July 1981, “Mock Orange”

From January–April, 1992, “Lamium,” “September Twilight,” and “Vespers”

From January 1999, “The Burning Heart”

From April, 2008, “Walking at Night,” “Burning Leaves,” “Harvest,” and “Sunrise”

From October, 2011, “Wasps”

Louise Glück was a poet and essayist. She was the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry and Professor in the Practice at Yale University. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020.
Originally published:
October 10, 2020

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