Six Decades Of Writing On Literature And Art By One Of The Most Significant Poets Of Our Timex000dx000dmeditations Gathers Together In One Volume For The First Time An Extensive Collection Of The Prose Work Of Barbara Guest (1920-2006), One Of The Major Voices Of Twentieth Century American Literature. Known Primarily As A Poet, Guest Worked In Many Styles, All Represented Herein: Essays, Lectures, Art Criticism, Literary And Art Reviews, As Well As Forms Of Fiction, Biography, Poetic Prose, Drama, Comics, And Other Mixed-genre Pieces. This Collection Of The Poet''s Prose Illuminates Guest''s Singular Genius, Highlighting Her Structural Awareness Of Language And Placing Her Within The Vanguard Of American Poetry.