Lifshin, Lyn

Lyn Lifshin or Lyn Diane Lipman (July 12, 1942 – December 9, 2019) was an American poet and teacher. Lifshin was “one of the early feminist poets" and one of the most widely published contemporary poets. Her work was autobiographical and explored sexuality, war, and a woman's role in society.

Born in Burlington, Vermont as Lyn Diane Lipmam and was raised in Middlebury, Vermont. Her father was from Boston and she visited the area frequently as a child. She was Jewish.

She earned a BA in English from Syracuse University in 1961 and a MA in English from the University of Vermont in 1963. She enrolled in a doctoral program in English at State University of New York at Albany from 1964 to 1966 where she was also a teaching fellow. She also studied at Brandeis University and the Bread Loaf School of English.

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Sie veröffentlichte über 100 Bücher und gab Anthologien mit Texten von Frauen heraus.

• Tangled Vines: A Collection of Mother and Daughter Poems. Boston: Beacon Press, 1978. ISBN 9780807063668
• Ariadne's Thread: A Collection of Contemporary Women's Journals. New York, Harper and Row, 1982. ISBN 9780060909413
• Lips Unsealed: Confidences from Contemporary Women Writers. Santa Barbara, California. Capra Press, 1990. ISBN 9780884963097
• Mondo Barbie: An Anthology of Fiction & Poetry. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. ISBN 9780312088484
• All The Poets Who Have Touched Me. Huntington Beach, California: World Parade Books, 2010. ISBN 9780984619856