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Marie Howe

Marie Howe is the former poet laureate of New York. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Academy of American Poets, she teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.

Marie Howe

Marie Howe is the former poet laureate of New York. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Academy of American Poets, she teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.

Books by Marie Howe

  • What the Living Do: Poems

    Marie Howe

    Paperback, 1999

    "A deeply beautiful book, with the fierce galloping pace of a great novel."—Liz Rosenberg Boston Globe
  • The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems

    Marie Howe

    Paperback, 2009

    Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize: “Thought-provoking, poignant, brutal, amusing, and always beautiful.”—Elizabeth Berg
  • Magdalene: Poems

    Marie Howe

    Paperback, 2018

    “Gorgeous, ferocious, lacerating, sexy, and profoundly compassionate.”—Michael Cunningham
  • What the Living Do: Poems

    Marie Howe

    E Book, 1999

    "A deeply beautiful book, with the fierce galloping pace of a great novel."—Liz Rosenberg Boston Globe
  • Magdalene: Poems

    Marie Howe

    E Book, 2017

    “Gorgeous, ferocious, lacerating, sexy, and profoundly compassionate.”—Michael Cunningham
  • The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems

    Marie Howe

    E Book, 2013

    Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize: “Thought-provoking, poignant, brutal, amusing, and always beautiful.”—Elizabeth Berg
  • New and Selected Poems

    Marie Howe

    Hardback, 2024

    One of NPR's Books We Love in 2024 and a California Review of Books Best Poetry of 2024

    An indispensable collection of more than four decades of profound, luminous poetry from acclaimed poet Marie...
  • New and Selected Poems

    Marie Howe

    E Book

    One of NPR's Books We Love in 2024 and a California Review of Books Best Poetry of 2024

    An indispensable collection of more than four decades of profound, luminous poetry from acclaimed poet Marie...