Louise Glück (pronounced Glick) was born in New York City. She attended Sarah Lawrence College in 1962 and Columbia University from 1963 to 1965. She is married to John Dranow, a prose writer and teacher, and she has one child, Noah, from her...

Schlicht, Louise (Nee Toms) Born April 13, 1914, began her Eternal Life March 19, 2008. Beloved wife of the late Ray, dear mother of Roger (Susanne) Schlicht and Kathie (Bill) Quarles. Grandmother of Mike (Gerise) Weidner, Meg (Tom) Epperly, Katie (Forrest) Doolen, Lt....

Augur, Louise Sunday, February 03, 2002 Augur, Louise Was called home peacefully on January 30, 2002. Born Eunice Louise In Madisonville, Ohio on June 29, 1903, to John C. and Louise (nee Munning) Groene, spending her early years in Cincinnati, Ohio. After...

In the following essay, Dodd examines the influence of confessional poetry in Firstborn, the archetypal in The House on Marshland, myth and technique in The Triumph of Achilles, and the retreat from personal classicism in Ararat.

In the following essay, Upton discusses how Glück's poetry, particularly Meadowlands, addresses such themes as birth and death, the body and reproduction, children, distrust of the sensual, and generational cycles.

In the following review of Descending Figure, Bedient discusses themes and techniques that appear in all of Glück's work. The critic finds that Glück's emphasis on the sensuality of the form of the poem raises it to the level of high art, at the same time as her subjects stand as testament to the poet's inherent humanity.