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Elizabeth Hardwick (1916-2007) was a literary critic, a novelist and one of the founders of the New York Review of Books. She was the author of Sleepless Nights (1979) and two other novels; a biography of Herman Melville; and four collections of essays, including Seduction and Betrayal (1974), a study of women and literature.
Robert Lowell (1917-1977) was the renowned and controversial author of many books of poetry, including Life Studies (1959), For the Union Dead (1964) and Day by Day (1977).
Saskia Hamilton is the author of three books of poetry, including Corridor (2014). She is the editor of The Letters of Robert Lowell (2005) and The Dolphin: Two Versions, 1972-1973 (2019), and co-editor of Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell (2008). She teaches at Barnard College. |
