Claudia Emerson
Claudia Emerson (1957-2014) was a long-time Contributing Editor to Shenandoah. LSU Press has published six books of her poems, including the Pulitzer winning Late Wife, between 1997 and 2015. A second posthumous collection, Impossible Bottle, is due out this fall. She taught at various colleges in Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University in her last years. She also served as Poet Laureate of Virginia and was one of the cornerstones of Shenandoah for a decade and a half. Her poem “The Admirer” first appeared in Shenandoah 50/2. The Admirer
September, 1926, clear He had before come courting – with pecans or peaches, berries. She had those times been able to thank him with one of her pies and be done with him. For this, though, he would want supper, … Continue reading
The Admirer
September, 1926, clear He had before come courting – with pecans or peaches, berries. She had those times been able to thank him with one of her pies and be done with him. For this, though, he would want supper, … Continue reading