Poetry Magazine
Footsteps
Source: Poetry (December 2011).
Biography
Fanny Howe is the author of more than 20 books of poetry and prose. “If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone’s notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle,” Fanny Howe explained in a 2004 interview with the Kenyon Review. Indeed, more than a subject or theme, the process of recording experience is central to Howe’s poetry. Her work explores grammatical . . .
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Living, Disappointment & Failure, Life Choices, Time & Brevity
POET’S REGION U.S., New England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Language Poetry
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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