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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.
Jean 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]].


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]].
Since winning the Yale Younger Poets prize in 1965, 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.


[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” and [http://www.folger.edu/documents/elegy_for_jane.mp3 here] to listen to her 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.
Visit her [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/jean-valentine Poetry Foundation] page for more information.

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Jean 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.

Since winning the Yale Younger Poets prize in 1965, 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.

Click here to listen to Jean Valentine read Emily Dickinson’s “Safe in their alabaster chambers” and here to listen to her read her poem “Elegy for Jane Kenyon” at the Folger on December 8, 2003.

Visit her Poetry Foundation page for more information.