About the Author:
Louise Bogan
Livermore Falls, Maine - New York City.
Louise Bogan (11 August 1897 – 4 February 1970) was an American poet. She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title.[1][2] Throughout her life she wrote poetry, fiction, and criticism, and became the regular poetry reviewer for The New Yorker. Bogan is the author of six poetry collections, including Body of This Death (1923), Collected Poems: 1923–1953 (1954), and The Blue Estuaries: Poems, 1923–1968 (1968). She is also the author of several books of prose and translations. Read more about her life here.
