Maxine Kumin

Maxine Kumin was born in Philadelphia on June 6, 1925. She received her BA and MA from Radcliffe College. Kumin has published numerous books of poetry, including And Short the Season: Poems (W. W. Norton, 2014); Where I Live: New & Selected Poems 1990–2010 (W. W. Norton, 2010); Still to Mow (W. W. Norton, 2009); Jack and Other Poems (W. W. Norton, 2003); The Long Marriage (W. W. Norton, 2003); Bringing Together: Uncollected Early Poems 1958–1989 (2003); Connecting the Dots (W. W. Norton, 1996); Looking for Luck (W. W. Norton, 1992), which received the Poets’ Prize; Nurture (Viking, 1989); The Long Approach (Viking, 1985); Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief (Viking, 1982); House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate (Viking, 1975); and Up Country: Poems of New England (Harper & Row, 1972), for which she received the Pulitzer Prize. (Source)