muriel rukeyser Flashcards
1
Q
where did she attend
A
vassar college ; columbia university
2
Q
main subjects
A
science and history
3
Q
the book of the dead
A
weaves congressional testimony on the outbreak of lung disease in west VA with ancient spell of Egyptian book of the dead
4
Q
hawks nest tunnel
A
black men dying in tunnels from silica exposure
5
Q
poet connections
A
auden, eliot, whitman
6
Q
politics
A
old left activism ; new left radicalism
7
Q
poetic interests
A
spanish loyalists
vietnam wat protesting
kim chi-ha death sentence
8
Q
what prize did she win
A
yale younger poets prize
9
Q
place of birth
A
new york city
10
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class
A
middle class; jewish parents
