Elizabeth Bishop first came to Key West in the 1930s. She lived in this nineteenth-century clapboard eyebrow house at 624 White Street off and on from 1938 to 1946. In a letter to Marianne Moore she wrote: “It is very nice here; I wish so much that you and your mother could come here sometime, I am so sure you would like it. The sea is so beautiful– all spotted and striped, from dark black-blue to what my aunt calls ‘lettuce’ green.”
KWLS 2010 | Speakers
Clearing the Sill of the World
A Celebration of 60 Years of American Poetry
In Honor of Richard Wilbur
January 7 - 10, 2010
The 28th Key West Literary Seminar presents some of the most accomplished and promising poets of our time. Among this distinguished cast are seven United States Poets Laureate and seven winners of the Pulitzer Prize, together with newer voices, noted translators, editors, and critics. Click on the images below for more information about each speaker, including biographies and links to online resources. We announce new speakers as they're added to the roster, both on this page and in the News category of Littoral, our online journal. We develop our speaker pages throughout the year, adding links and biographical information as we learn more. Email your own suggestions to mail@kwls.org.
