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Maps & Windows: Poems
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- GenresPoetry
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1974
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About the author
Jane Cooper
6 books4 followersJane Cooper was an American poet born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Cooper attended Vassar College from 1942 to 1944, and earned a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1946. In 1953–54 Cooper took a year off to get an M.A. at the University of Iowa, where she studied with Robert Lowell, and John Berryman in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Cooper joined the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College, in 1950, and remained as a teacher and poet in residence until her retirement in 1987. She held the post of New York State Poet from 1995 to 1997. She died on October 26, 2007, of complications due to Parkinson's Disease.
Cooper joined the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College, in 1950, and remained as a teacher and poet in residence until her retirement in 1987. She held the post of New York State Poet from 1995 to 1997. She died on October 26, 2007, of complications due to Parkinson's Disease.
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August 25, 2024
Jane Cooper now has my heart.
April 7, 2009
Wow! These textured, moving poems accomplish so much with such spare language. Cooper's own thoughts on the craft of poetry, included in the middle of this text, are fascinating.
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