Poet Elizabeth Bishop once famously told fellow poet Robert Lowell that “when you write my epitaph, you must say I was the loneliest person who ever lived.” Bishop must have understood what it was to be lonely: She was an infant when her father died and a child when her mother was institutionalized. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Megan Marshall sheds light on the life and legacy of the poet in “Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast.” We’ll talk with Marshall, a former student of Bishop’s, about the very private and reticent poet.
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Explores Life of Poet Elizabeth Bishop in New Biography
Poet Elizabeth Bishop once famously told fellow poet Robert Lowell that “when you write my epitaph, you must say I was the loneliest person who ever lived.” Bishop must have understood what it was to be lonely: She was an infant when her father died and a child when her mother was institutionalized. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Megan Marshall sheds light on the life and legacy of the poet in "Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast." We'll talk with Marshall, a former student of Bishop's, about the very private and reticent poet.
Megan Marshall poses for a portrait. (Photo: Courtesy Megan Marshall)
Guests:
Megan Marshall, author, "Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast"