Paula Gunn Allen -- Margaret Atwood -- Aphra Behn -- Elizabeth Bishop -- Eavan Boland -- Lorna Dee Cervantes -- Carolyn Forche -- Alice Fulton -- H.D. -- Jane Hirshfield -- Susan Howe -- Denise Levertov -- Charlotte Mew -- Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Marianne Moore -- Thylias Moss -- Alicia Suskin Ostriker -- Sylvia Plath -- Adrienne Rich -- Muriel Rukeyser -- Anne Sexton -- Gertrude Stein -- Alice Walker -- Mitsuye Yamada -- Yosano Akiko.
Summary
Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential poets such as Margaret Atwood, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Alice Fulton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Gertrude Stein.