Ruth Stone's poem ends with the line: "I cannot live without you, oh brief and inconceivable other." And then we're brought to Bianca's reality: writing poems on typewriters, drinking wine, and the line to start it all: "This is your love speaking."
-- Ruth Stone, an award-winning poet for whom tragedy halted, then inspired a career that started in middle age and thrived late in life as her sharp...
Narrative Magazine: Ruth Stone, author of eleven poetry collections, has endured poverty, tragedy, and obscurity to emerge as a preeminent American p...