Welcome to Litsy!

An incredible portrait of one of the most important American poets that balances academic scholarship with personal collection. Eleanor Cook captures the discipline it takes to become a poet without minimizing the importance of experience and talent that made Bishop's body of work. Perfect for the serious poet on your list!

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.