I think she was immesnely talented, and I, too, hate the more hysterical final poems. We didn't include them in Western Wind. I also think Anne Stevenson, author of Bitter Fame, is a very fine poet with an acute mind and great verbal range. I recommend huge chunks of her Collected Poems from Oxford and her Granny Scarecrow from Bloodaxe. If you get the latter, allow me to brag that my wife snapped the author photo on the back!
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