Jorie Graham (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Jorie Graham is a cerebral and complex American poet whose early poems deal with such philosophical questions as the nature of reality and the divisions between mind and spirit and between spirit and body. Her later poems are no less complex but show a greater interest in myth and history. Most critics believe that Wallace Stevens has been her greatest poetic influence, although there are also many touches of Rainer Maria Rilke in her poems.
Graham’s background is unusual. She was brought up in Italy, although her parents were Americans. She attended a French school in Rome,...
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