Lynn
Strongin | Introduction
This site serves
as an introduction to Lynn Strongin, a contemporary American poet. It includes
a brief biography, a complete bibliography, exerpts from reviews of her
work, and selected poems from her seven books.
Strongin
is best known for her perceptive and evocative poems on illness and medicine,
her meditations on the nature and cost of talent, and her visionary love
poems. Her work has been described as intense, crafted, mysterious
poetry that “woos the reader by dint of sheer lyricism and imagination.”
Hers is
demanding poetry, dealing with challenging themes expressed in highly charged
language and metaphor, but it rewards the reader with a haunting and powerful
record of experience fully, brilliantly, and passionately lived.
Before exploring
the site, please read about this site’s important features
and requirements.
Site
Contents
Details
on Strongin’s life, along with a few photographs, are found in the biography
section. A complete listing of her publications is found in the bibliography
section, broken out into
Exerpts from
Lynn Strongin’s books and other publications are found in the poetry
pages. This material is copyrighted, and cannot be used without written
permission. See the copyright
and fair use restrictions for details.
The poems
are in Acrobat PDF file format, and you’ll need the free Acrobat Reader
plug-in to view them. See Obtaining
And Using The Acrobat Reader for details.
Important
Site Requirements
To
maximize accessibility and usability across various types of computers
and connections, this site does not at present use animations, image maps,
or other forms of programming such as Javascript or Java.
This
site is best viewed in Netscape 4.6 and Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.
You will also need the free Acrobat Reader plug-in (version 4 or above)
to view the poems.
Legal
Notice
© 2002 D.G. Munro, unless
otherwise noted.
All text and images on this
site are protected by copyright. No part of this site may be used or reproduced
in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case
of brief quotations in critical articles or reviews.
For information, contact
stronginweb@shaw.ca
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