Lizette Woodworth Reese
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Lizette Woodworth Reese (January 9, 1856 – December 17, 1935) was an American poet.
Born in Waverly, Maryland, she was a school teacher from 1873 to 1918. During the 1920s she became a prominent literary figure, receiving critical praise and recognition, in particular from H. L. Mencken, himself from Baltimore. She has been cited as an influence on younger women poets, and was compared to Emily Dickinson [1].
[edit] Works
- A Branch of May (1887)
- A Quiet Road (1896)
- A Wayside Lute (1909)
- A Handful of Lavender (1915)
- Spicewood (1921)
- Wild Cherry (1923)
- The Selected Poems (1926)
- Little Henrietta (1927)
- Lizette Woodworth Reese: The Pamphlet Poets (1928)
- A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days (1929) memoirs
- White April (1930)
- The York Road (1931)
- Pastures and Other Poems (1933)
- The Old House in the Country (1936)
- Worleys (1936) story
[edit] References
- Alexander Wirth (1937) Complete Bibliography of Lizette Woodworth Reese
