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Renowned poet Louise Glück read from her newly-reased collection “Averno: Poems” at Harvard Hillel last night, in the first of a series of talks celebrating National Poetry Month sponsored by the Harvard Book Store...
Most of Glück’s collections, including “Averno,” have a central theme that runs through a series of long poems. Averno is volcanic crater in Italy that the Romans believed to lead to the underworld...
Glück was appointed the poet laureate of the United States in 2003, and Averno is her 11th poetry collection. Among other honors, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1992 collection “The Wild Iris,” and the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for her 1985 collection “The Triumph of Achilles...
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