Wyndmere

by Carol Muske-Dukes, Carol Muske-Dukes

Wyndmere is a town in North Dakota where Carol Muske’s mother was born, and where she visited as a child. Muske’s grandparents are buried there, and it is where her mother met and married her father. Now almost a ghost town, Wyndmere is the source of imagery in many of these poems, as well as the idea of  Wynd-mere , wind-mother, both inspiration and principle of separation.

Genres: Poetry

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Carol Muske-Dukes (born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1945) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor, and the former poet laureate of California (2008–2011). Her most recent book of poetry, Sparrow (Random House, 2003), chronicling the love and loss of Muske-Dukes’ late husband, actor David Dukes, was a National Book Award finalist.

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Reviews

[Mills College Library]

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