About the Author

Karen Alkalay-Gut is professor in the English Department at Tel Aviv University. She is the author of "Open Secret: Poetry and Popular Culture," and has published over twenty books of poetry.

Reviews

Alkalay-Gut seeks to resurrect this silenced voice and to situate it in its historical and biographical context. As she does so, she succeeds in illuminating a significant poetic talent.--American Literature

In Alone in the Dawn, Karen Alkalay-Gut unearths evidence of a neglected poet, and it is we who are amazed.--American Book Review

This critical biography recovers the details of Crapsey's life and gives sensitive, sympathetic attention to her poetry and poetic aims.--American Studies