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Louise Glück, U.S. Poet Laureate: A Resource Guide

External Websites

The following links to external websites provide more information about the life and works of Louise Glück.

Biographical information about Louise Glück also can be found on the following websites:

Academy of American Poets External
A biography of Louise Glück, samples of her poetry and prose, and links to external resources.
Biography.com External
A biography of Louise Glück.
Poetry Foundation External
A biography of Louise Glück, and links to 40 online poems, including 21 poems that have appeared in Poetry magazine.
Yale Faculty Page External
Louise Glück's faculty page from Yale University. Includes a link to her curriculum vitae.

For the latest news and discussions related to Louise Glück, see:

A selected list of news articles, interviews, and conversations, arranged in chronological order, follows below.

Selected Articles, News, and Interviews

"Louise Glück Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature" External
The New York Times, October 8, 2020.
"Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded to Louise Glück" External
The Washington Post. October 8, 2020.
"Louise Glück awarded Gold Medal for Poetry" External
YaleNews. May 29, 2015.
"Internal Tapestries: A Q&A With Louise Glück" External
Poets & Writers. September/October 2014.
"Floating" External
The Poetry Foundation. September 10, 2014.
"Writing Without a Mattress: On Louise Glück" External
The Nation. November 20, 2012.
"Into the Wilde: Louise Glück and an Invitation-only Salon" External
The Poetry Foundation. August 7, 2012.
"Glück Fuses Poetry, Teaching, Style" External
Yale Daily News. April 13, 2010.
"For a Dollar: Louise Glück in Conversation" External
Academy of American Poets. (Article originally appeared in American Poet 36, 2009)
"On Louise Glück and the Yale Series of Younger Poets" External
Kenyon Review. Fall 2008.
"Time On Her Side" External
The Village Voice. September 9, 2003.

Podcasts and other non-radio audio recordings featuring Louise Glück are listed below.

"Louise Glück: Revenge Against Circumstance" External
What It Takes. July 31, 2017 (41:56)
"Louise Glück with Peter Streckfus" External
Lannan Foundation. May 11, 2016.
"Louise Glück with James Longenbach" External
Lannan Foundation. February 16, 2005.
"The Wild Iris" External
Academy of American Poets.

Many videos of Louise Glück reading and discussing her work can be found through the following two sources:

YouTube - "Louise Glück" search results External
Numerous videos of Louise Glück reading and performing her work appear through this YouTube search on her name.
"Louise Glück" External
Academy of Achivement. October 27, 2012.
"Poet Laureate Louise Glück Reads from A Village Life" External
The Griffin Trust. 2010 (2:21)
"Danger and Difficulty in Poetry" External
From the Academy of American Poets' Poets Forum. November 8, 2008 (2:21)
"Louise Gluck on Being a Poet" External
From The Poet's View: Intimate Profiles of Five Major American Poets. The Academy of American Poets. (1:51)

Selected online reviews of Louise Glück's poetry, prose, and children's books appear below.

Poetry Reviews

Faithful and Virtuous Night (2014)

Poems: 1962-2012 (2012)

A Village Life (2009)

Averno (2006)

New York Times External

The Seven Ages (2001)

Vita Nova (1999)

Publishers Weekly External

Meadowlands (1997)

Boston Review External

The Wild Iris (1992)

Ararat (1990)

Publishers Weekly External

Prose

American Originality: Essays on Poetry (2017)

Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry (2014)

Publishers Weekly External