Wakoski, Diane
Wakoski, Diane( 1937– ),California-born poet who began to publish books soon after graduation from the University of California, Berkeley (1960). Her very personal, intense poems appear in Coins and Coffins (1961), Discrepancies and Apparitions (1966), The George Washington Poems (1967), Inside the Blood Factory (1968), Motorcycle Betrayal Poems (1971), Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands (1976), Waiting for the King of Spain (1977), The Man Who Shook Hands (1978), Cap of Darkness (1980), The Magician's Feastletters (1982), The Rings of Saturn (1986), and Emerald Ice (1988), a selection from the 15 books published since 1962. Much of the poetry is concerned with difficult personal experience from an unhappy childhood to unpleasant relations with men. For some time she has taught at or been a writer in residence at several institutions, particularly...
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