In Worcester Massachusetts: Essays on Elizabeth Bishop, from the 1997 Elizabeth Bishop Conference at Wpi

Scholars, creative writers, poets, translators, and biographers contribute 34 essays on American writer Bishop (1911-79). Their concerns include her crucial and troubled relationship with her birthplace; Bishop as translator and translated; her poetics, travels, and sexual and racial politics; her paintings; her manuscripts and methods of composition; and her place in the canon of American literature. The collection is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)