Elizabeth Kray 1916-1987
- Softcover
- (New York): [No publisher, 1988
(New York): [No publisher, 1988. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 27pp. Stapled blue wrappers. Light rubbing on the spine, else fine. Remembrances of Elizabeth Kray from services held in New York City, Nov. 25, 1987, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Apr. 9, 1988, Little Church Around the Corner. Contributions by: Vladimir Ussachevsky, Stanley Kunitz, Galway Kinnell, Kathleen Norris, Amy Bartlett, Henri Cole, Jane Cooper, Helen Ruth Freeman, David Ignatow, Denise Levertov, Andrei Voznesenky, and Annie Wright. Kray was the Academy of American Poets’ first executive director. Under her leadership the Academy launched a groundbreaking reading series at the Guggenheim Museum, the first national touring circuits for poets, the first Poets-in-the-Schools program, the Walt Whitman Award, and cofounded Poets House with Stanley Kunitz.