String Light

by C.D. Wright

Poems deal with travel, holidays, truth, color, memories, the role of the poet, and families

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

C. D. Wright was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She earned a BA in French from Memphis State College (now the University of Memphis) in 1971 and briefly attended law school before leaving to pursue an MFA from the University of Arkansas, which she received in 1976. Her poetry thesis was titled Alla Breve Loving.

In 1977 the publishing company founded by Frank Stanford, Lost Roads Publishers, published Wright's first collection, Room Rented by A Single Woman. After Stanford died in 1978, Wright took over Lost Roads, continuing the mission of publishing new poets and starting the practice of publishing translations. In 1979, she moved to San Francisco, where she met poet Forrest Gander. Wright and Gander married in 1983 and had a son, Brecht, and co-edited Lost Roads until 2005.

In 1981, Wright lived in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico and completed her third book of poems, Translation of the Gospel Back into Tongues. In 1983 she moved to Providence, Rhode Island to teach writing at Brown University as the Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English. In 2013,

C.D. Wright died on January 12, 2016 at the age of 67 in Barrington, Rhode Island.

Reviews

[Mia · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Basically the book was intended as a hair-raising document of the organisms. Thus and so the book opens: I have been meaning to write you for a long long time. I've been feeling so blue John Lee."
I'm so grateful this woman is in the world and writing.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just reread this. I'm rereading a lot of her work right now. She inspires me and calls up my own memories. What could be a better recommendation from another writer. If you haven't read her, run to get her books!