A few stories are starting to appear about the new book “The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden” by Stanley Kunitz and, our friend Genine Lentine.
In the NY Times: A Poet in Winter Relishes Spring in His Garden – New York Times
Stanley Kunitz, Pulitzer Prize winner, poet laureate of the United
States – twice, the first time from 1974 to 1976, when the title was
“consultant in poetry,” the second in 2000 at the age of 95 – will turn
100 this summer. And he is still hard at work, he says, in his office
and his garden.
In The Boston Globe: Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Magazine / Earth Angel
Although Stanley Kunitz began spending summers in Provincetown in 1957,
he didn’t buy a house there until 1962. It was on Commercial Street in
the West End, with about 2,000 square feet of front yard. Or, rather,
sandbank: It lacked even a single blade of grass.
An AP story on Yahoo! News: Kunitz Works on Poetry Ahead of Tribute – Yahoo! News
“It’s harder as the years go by,” Kunitz says. “One is always looking
for something to say that hasn’t been said before, that doesn’t seem to
be an imitation of the old work. It is always a search for something
… that is representative of the best you can do. And if it isn’t
that, it isn’t worth publishing.”
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