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May Swenson (1913–1989)

Author of Swenson: Collected Poems

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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 925 copies
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 835 copies
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry (1990) — Contributor — 757 copies
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 447 copies
A Pocket Book of Modern Verse (1954) — Contributor, some editions — 446 copies
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson (2000) — Contributor — 407 copies
Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature (1991) — Contributor — 398 copies
Baseball: A Literary Anthology (2002) — Contributor — 337 copies
The Literary Cat (1977) — Contributor — 241 copies
Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) (1836) — Contributor — 180 copies
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 173 copies
The Best American Poetry 1994 (1994) — Contributor — 172 copies
American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Contributor — 163 copies
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Contributor — 152 copies
No More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women (1973) — Contributor — 124 copies
The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Contributor — 119 copies
Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women (1988) — Contributor — 116 copies
Poems from the Women's Movement (2009) — Contributor — 109 copies
Poems Between Women (1997) — Contributor — 93 copies
My Lover Is a Woman (1996) — Contributor — 90 copies
The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Contributor — 63 copies
Science Fiction (1973) — Author — 40 copies
Buzz Words: Poems About Insects (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) (2021) — Contributor — 33 copies
60 Years of American Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 28 copies
Harvest: Contemporary Mormon Poems (1989) — Contributor — 16 copies
Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology (2022) — Contributor — 16 copies
Poetry in Crystal (1963) — Contributor — 15 copies
Women (1972) — Contributor — 12 copies
A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-Day Saints (1974) — Contributor — 9 copies
DISCOVERIES - Two Centuries of Poems by Mormon Women (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies
American Review #23 (1975) — Contributor — 4 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 23, Number 3 (Fall 1990) (1990) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 4, Number 3 (Autumn 1969) (1969) — Contributor — 1 copy

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May Out West by May Swenson
Good short selection of poems. I like the imagery.
 
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