Lee Upton

Lee Upton is the author of five previous books of poetry including UNDID IN THE LAND OF UNDONE, Civilian Histories , and Approximate Darling ; the story collection The Tao of Humiliation ; the essay collection SWALLOWING THE SEA: ON WRITING & AMBITION, BOREDOM, PURITY & SECRECY; the novella THE GUIDE TO THE FLYING ISLAND; and several books of critical prose, most recently Defensive Measures: The Poetry of Niedecker, Bishop, Gluck, and Carson . She is a professor of English and the writer- in...See more

Lee Upton is the author of five previous books of poetry including UNDID IN THE LAND OF UNDONE, Civilian Histories , and Approximate Darling ; the story collection The Tao of Humiliation ; the essay collection SWALLOWING THE SEA: ON WRITING & AMBITION, BOREDOM, PURITY & SECRECY; the novella THE GUIDE TO THE FLYING ISLAND; and several books of critical prose, most recently Defensive Measures: The Poetry of Niedecker, Bishop, Gluck, and Carson . She is a professor of English and the writer- in-residence at Lafayette College. BOTTLE THE BOTTLES THE BOTTLES THE BOTTLES is the winner of the 2014 Cleveland State University Poetry Center Open Book Competition, selected by Erin Belieu. See less