Publisher's Note "[A] splendid collection of verse by women" (TIME) throughout the ages and around the world; now revised and expanded, with 38 American poets.
When it was originally published in 1980, A Book of Women Poets was hailed by Time as a "splendid, pioneering collection". This generous selection of poetry by women--spanning 4,000 years--is now revised and updated, with an expanded selection of American women poets.