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Since winning the Yale Younger Poets prize in 1965, Jean Valentine has published eight collections of poetry, including ''The Cradle of the Real Life'' (2000), to high critical acclaim. Her spare, sharp-edged poems approach Dickinson’s in their risky line-breaks and cosmic ambition, but with an earthiness all their own: “I want, I want. / I want to become round like you there: like God,” she writes. | Since winning the Yale Younger Poets prize in 1965, Jean Valentine has published eight collections of poetry, including ''The Cradle of the Real Life'' (2000), to high critical acclaim. Her spare, sharp-edged poems approach Dickinson’s in their risky line-breaks and cosmic ambition, but with an earthiness all their own: “I want, I want. / I want to become round like you there: like God,” she writes. | ||
Valentine has read for the [[O.B. Hardison Poetry Series]] on numerous occasions: April 18, 1983, December 12, 1983, December 12, 1989, December 10, 1990, and on December 8, 2003 for the [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute]]. | |||
[http://www.folger.edu/documents/alabaster_chambers.mp3 Click here] to listen to Jean Valentine read Emily Dickinson’s “Safe in their alabaster chambers” at the Folger on December 8, 2003. | [http://www.folger.edu/documents/alabaster_chambers.mp3 Click here] to listen to Jean Valentine read Emily Dickinson’s “Safe in their alabaster chambers” at the Folger on December 8, 2003. | ||
[http://www.folger.edu/documents/elegy_for_jane.mp3 Click here] to listen to Jean Valentine read her poem “Elegy for Jane Kenyon” at the Folger on December 8, 2003. | [http://www.folger.edu/documents/elegy_for_jane.mp3 Click here] to listen to Jean Valentine read her poem “Elegy for Jane Kenyon” at the Folger on December 8, 2003. | ||
Visit her [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/jean-valentine Poetry Foundation] page for more information. | |||
Revision as of 11:10, 18 June 2014
Since winning the Yale Younger Poets prize in 1965, Jean Valentine has published eight collections of poetry, including The Cradle of the Real Life (2000), to high critical acclaim. Her spare, sharp-edged poems approach Dickinson’s in their risky line-breaks and cosmic ambition, but with an earthiness all their own: “I want, I want. / I want to become round like you there: like God,” she writes.
Valentine has read for the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series on numerous occasions: April 18, 1983, December 12, 1983, December 12, 1989, December 10, 1990, and on December 8, 2003 for the Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute.
Click here to listen to Jean Valentine read Emily Dickinson’s “Safe in their alabaster chambers” at the Folger on December 8, 2003.
Click here to listen to Jean Valentine read her poem “Elegy for Jane Kenyon” at the Folger on December 8, 2003.
Visit her Poetry Foundation page for more information.