Maxine Kumin is the author of thirteen books of poems, most recently The Long Marriage, Connecting the Dots, and Looking for Luck; a memoir titled Inside the Halo and Beyond: Anatomy of a Recovery; three essay collections; a collection of short stories; four novels; and an animal rights murder mystery. She has received numerous awards, including the Aiken Taylor Prize, the Poets' Prize, the Ruth E. Lilly Poetry Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize (in 1973) for Up Country, her fourth book of poems. She served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress before that post was renamed Poet Laureate of the United States, and as Poet Laureate of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1994. She has taught at numerous colleges and universities, including Princeton, Columbia, Brandeis, MIT, and the University of Miami. Together with fellow poet Carolyn Kizer, she first served on and then resigned from the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets. Bringing Together: Uncollected Early Poems 1958-1988 will be released by Norton in June 2003. (Photo Provided By: P.J. Shulman)
