Remembering Louise Glück

We mourn the death of Louise Glück—poet, 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 poetry in the Review, and with tributes to her life and legacy.

Tribute

Louise Glück

The poet who taught me to write books
Meghan O’Rourke
Tribute

Louise Glück

Making an art of conversation
Sam Huber
Tribute

Louise Glück

A genuine gift for friendship
Rachel Mannheimer
Tribute

Louise Glück

A poet you couldn’t hide from
Aria Aber
Sam Droege / Creative Commons

Wasps

Louise Glück
Theo Colenbrander, Flower Market, 1917. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Vespers

Louise Glück

Browse

Remembering Louise Glück

Odilon Redon, Beatrice, 1897. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam..

The Burning Heart

Louise Glück
January 1, 1999
Odilon Redon, Droom, 1878–1882. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Lamium

Louise Glück
April 1, 1992
An open mouth; Illustration by Laura Padilla Castellanos

September Twilight

Louise Glück
April 1, 1992
Theo Colenbrander, Flower Market, 1917. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Vespers

Louise Glück
April 1, 1992
Tatiana Gerus / Creative Commons

Mock Orange

Louise Glück
July 1, 1981

My Cousin in April

Louise Glück
June 1, 1967