Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents viii
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. For May Swenson 1
5. Introduction 2
6. May Swenson Chronology 8
7. The Love Poems and Letters of May Swenson 11
8. A Figure in the Tapestry 27
9. May Swenson 40
10. May Swenson and Elizabeth Bishop 55
11. De-Cartesianizing the Universe 81
12. That Never Told CAN Be 107
13. Material Girl 120
14. May Swenson and Other Animals 138
15. How Everything Happens 157
16. The Queer Poetics of May Swenson 181
17. “Question” and More Questions 195
18. Bibliography of the Works of May Swenson 205
19. Works Cited and Consulted 239
20. Notes on Contributors 248
21. Index 252