Taggard, Genevieve
Taggard, Genevieve( 1894–1948),born in Washington, reared in Hawaii, graduated from the University of California (1919), and began her career as a poet with the publication of For Eager Lovers (1922) and Hawaiian Hilltop (1923). Words for the Chisel (1926) shows a greater maturity and a more metaphysical style, and Travelling Standing Still (1928) is a selection from these earlier volumes. Her only prose work, The Life and Mind of Emily Dickinson (1930), was followed by further poetry, including Remembering Vaughan in New England (1933), Not Mine To Finish (1934), Calling Western Union (1936), Collected Poems (1938), Long View (1942), and Slow Music (1946). Her literary interests are indicated by her anthologies May Days (1925), a selection of verse from The Masses and The Liberator; and Circumference (1929), a collection of metaphysical...
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