Memorabilia
Personalized Postcard from Mary Jo Salter
- Item Number
- 129
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Opening Bid
- 40 USD
Item Description
Receive a handwritten note from Mary Jo Salter, co-editor of the fourth and fifth editions of the Norton Anthology of Poetry and a leading figure in the New Formalism movement.
A poet, editor, essayist, playwright, and lyricist, Salter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She grew up in Michigan and Maryland, and earned degrees from Harvard and Cambridge University. A former editor at the Atlantic Monthly, poetry editor at the New Republic, and co-editor of the fourth and fifth editions of the Norton Anthology of Poetry Salter’s thorough understanding of poetic tradition is clearly evident in her work.
Salter is the author of many books of poetry, including A Kiss in Space (1999), Open Shutters (2003), A Phone Call to the Future (2008), and Nothing by Design (2013). Her second book, Unfinished Painting (1989) was a Lamont Selection for the most distinguished second volume of poetry published that year, Sunday Skaters (1994) was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and Open Shutters was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Salter has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation and taught for many years at Mount Holyoke College. She is currently a professor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.
Item Special Note
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