When Josephine Jacobsen was appointed to the first of two consecutive terms as Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress (now Poet Laureate) in 1971, she was acknowledged, at sixty-three, as a poet of the first rank, the author of four collections...

Josephine B. Jacobsen, 94, a widely honored writer whose short stories and poems plumbed her Catholic faith and existential anxieties, died July 9 at a retirement community in Cockeysville, Md. She reportedly had kidney failure. Mrs. Jacobsen, who lived in the Baltimore area...

Josephine Jacobsen, 94 Poet, short-story writer Saturday, July 12, 2003 Cockeysville, Md. -- Poet and short-story writer Josephine Jacobsen, who in the 1970s served in the post now called U.S. poet laureate, died Wednesday of kidney failure. She was 94. Jacobsen...

In the following essay, Jacobsen outlines her personal views on the art of writing poetry and delineates the challenges and rewards of well-crafted verse.

In the following interview, originally conducted on October 12, 1979, Jacobsen and Tavernier-Courbin, with the assistance of R. G. Collins, discuss literary influences and tastes, differences and similarities of verse and prose, and the role of humor in poetry.

In the following interview, Christie appraises Jacobsen's stance on the craft of poetry, her public recognition, and literary accolades.