Elizabeth Bishop

Some exciting news about Elizabeth Bishop, the late poet who lived in Key West in the 1930s -- she is the first woman poet to be featured by the Library of America in a one-volume edition featuring her poems and selections from her prose and letters.
We haven't gotten the new volume in the library -- yet -- but we do have in our circulating collection several of her works, including the "Complete Poems," "The Collected Prose," a recent collection of her previously unpublished work called "Edgar Allan Poe & the juke-box" and "One Art," a generous selection of her letters. We also have some works of literary criticism about her work, which you can find by searching our catalogue with "Elizabeth Bishop" as the subject.
Even if you're not a poetry fan, Bishop is worth checking out -- the prose is especially accessible and includes several pieces about Key West, including an essay about a painter named Gregorio Valdez, whom Bishop hired to paint a portrait of her house. I've only seen one work by Valdez and it's hanging right here at the FKCC Library. Stop by and check it -- and Bishop's work -- out.