Jane Kenyon

Jane Kenyon (1947 – 1995) was the author of four books of poetry: Constance (Graywolf, 1993), Let Evening Come (Graywolf, 1990), The Boat of Quiet Hours (Graywolf, 1986), and From Room to Room (Alice James, 1978). A posthumous collection of her work, Otherwise: New and Selected Poems, was published in 1996 by Graywolf. She received a fellowship from the NEA in 1981 and was named poet laureate of New Hampshire in 1995.