Marilyn Hacker
Author of Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons
About the Author
Marilyn Hacker's honors include a National Book Award. She lives in Paris and New York, where she teaches at City College of New York
Series
Works by Marilyn Hacker
First Cities: Collected Early Poems 1960-1979: Presentation Piece, Separations, Taking Notice (2003) 19 copies
First Cities: Collected Early Poems 1960-1979: Presentation Piece, Separations, Taking Notice 1 copy
Mirage (Prospectus Issue) 1 copy
Prayer for my daughter 1 copy
Hacker, Marilyn Archive 1 copy
Associated Works
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Contributor — 1,306 copies, 9 reviews
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 451 copies
No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 213 copies, 3 reviews
Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) (1988) — Contributor — 180 copies, 1 review
Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003) — Contributor — 76 copies, 1 review
Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology (1999) — Contributor — 48 copies, 1 review
When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women (2008) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Little Magazine, v. 10, #1-2, Spring Summer 1976 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1942-11-27
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
London, England, UK
Paris, France - Education
- New York University (BA|1964)
- Occupations
- poet
translator
critic - Relationships
- Delany, Samuel R. (husband|divorced)
- Organizations
- The Kenyon Review (editor)
- Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 2004)
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Reviews
I don't know how to review this. The strict form and conceit reminded me of my friend Roz Karen's poems, which also use strict form and meter to do dazzling things with language and also consider the poet as resister. Some of the lines were remarkably beautiful, too.
This sonnet sequence is one of my favorites. I read it as part of a undergrad independent study when I was writing my first sonnet sequence, and I found it inspiring and beautiful. I'm currently working on my third collection of sonnets, and I occasionally reread some of Marilyn Hacker's poems when I'm trying to attract my muse.
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Statistics
- Works
- 42
- Also by
- 37
- Members
- 1,096
- Popularity
- #23,436
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 48
- Languages
- 1
- Favorited
- 4
Sapphic poems about a relationship - there was a narrative to the poems - they felt like linear sonnets about the course of the relationship. Almost diary-esque. For me it became repetitive and I felt like there didn’t need to be so many poems. (Sex is mentioned a lot)
Wasn’t for me overall but I can see why my friend loves it.