Author
Lisel Mueller
Lisel Mueller was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1924. Her books of poetry include Alive Together: New & Selected Poems (1996), which won the Pulitzer Prize; Learning to Play by Ear (1990); Waving from Shore (1989); Second Language (1986); The Need to Hold Still (1980), which received the National Book Award; Voices from the Forest (1977); The Private Life, which was the 1975 Lamont Poetry Selection; and Dependencies (1965). She has also published several volumes of translation, most recently Circe’s Mountain by Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1990). Her honors include the Carl Sandburg Award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She lives in Lake Forest, Illinois.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Poetry
Dec 01 1980
Poetry Feature: Lisel Mueller
“About Still Life”
“The Old Song and Dance”
Poetry
Dec 01 1980
Poetry Feature: Lisel Mueller
Lisel Mueller was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1924. Her books of poetry include Alive Together: New & Selected Poems (1996), which won the Pulitzer Prize; Learning to Play by… read more
Poetry
Sep 01 1978
Poetry Feature: Lisel Mueller
“One More Hymn to the Sun”
“Eggs”
“Picking Raspberries”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry: Lisel Mueller
“The Need to Hold Still”