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A look at the life and work of Jane Kenyon, who had the (mis)fortune to be married to the older, more successful poet Donald Hall. Throughout their marriage, he overshadowed her & created a myth of their harmonious poet marriage. Greene tries to consider Kenyon in her own right. It's a solid tracing of Kenyons biog & her development as a poet. It includes her spiritual life, her struggle with depression & her relationship with Hall which Kenyon 👇
merelybookish Did find confining and often chafed against. I like Kenyon' s work and her dedication to the "inner life." I admire Greene's project but feel there's much about Kenyon I don't understand. And Hall still inevitably looms large. It doesn't help he was the executor of her archive and chose what was kept. Green pieces what she can but something still feels missing. #netgalley 5mo
Anna40 Great review! 5mo
merelybookish @Anna40 Thank you! 5mo