Early life and career eileen myles grew up and attended catholic schools in arlington, massachusetts and graduated from u. The hardwearing tote features a quote from inferno a poets novel, printed black on natural, 100% recycled cotton. A poets novel by eileen myles from amazons fiction books store. Eileen myles 1949 eileen myles is an american poet who has also worked in fiction, nonfiction, and theater. Novelist dennis cooper has described myles as one of the savviest and most restless intellects in contemporary literature. Eileen myles born december 9, 1949 is an american poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. A poets novel by eileen myles 2010 i was completely stupefied by inferno in the best of ways. Her story of a young female writer, discovering both her sexuality and her own creative drive in the meditative and raucous environment that was new york city in its punk and indie heyday, is. In 2012, myles received a guggenheim fellowship to complete. Inferno by eileen myles overdrive rakuten overdrive. Eileen myles came to new york from boston in 1974 and soon began reading her poems publicly, taking workshops at st. In fact, i think i must feel kind of like dante felt after seeing the face of god. A poets i have taught myself finance by novel novdl book alone. Eileen myles featured in rattapallax and the poetry project at st.
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