Ruth Stone

Ruth Stone (born June 8, 1915, in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American poet, recipient of the 2002 National Book Award (for her collection "In the Next Galaxy") and the 2002 Wallace Stevens Award. In July 2007, she was named the poet laureate of Vermont.The voice of Ms. Stone reading her poem "Be Serious" is featured in the film USA The Movie. Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry and Translation 27 (2000/2001) was devoted entirely to Stone's work.

Bibliography

Poetry

*"In an Iridescent Time" (1959)
*"Topography" (1970)
*"Cheap" (1972)
*"Second-Hand Coat" (1987)
*"The Solution" (1989)
*"Who Is The Widow's Muse" (1991)
*"Simplicity" (1995)
*"Ordinary Words" (1999)
*"In The Next Galaxy" (2002)
*"In The Dark" (2004)
*"What Love Comes To" (2008)

External links

*http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/368
* [http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2004/jul/ruthstone/] "The Imagined Galaxies of Ruth Stone. National Public Radio interview by Melissa Block. Includes biographical information, recordings of Stone reading her poetry, photographs, and other examples of her work.
* [http://www.usathemovie.com "USA The Movie"]