capsule bio of Stanley Kunitz

[dabroots]

On most days, the daily The Writer's Almanac has a brief biography of an author or other creative individual. Today it's one of the poet Stanley Kunitz. I like it quite a lot and putting it here for you to see:

It's the birthday of poet Stanley Kunitz, born in Worcester, Massachusetts (1905). His parents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe

Comments

[quirkytizzy]

I love how so many writers fell in love with words at a young age. Like, in love. Courted words, admired them, romanced them. It's very heartening.

[dabroots]

I share his fondness for "phantasmagoria."