Muriel Rukeyser: A Centennial Celebration

An expressly political poet, Rukeyser (The Book of the Dead, Theory of Flight) used words to process the violence and inequality she recognized and, in some cases, witnessed directly. Around the hundredth anniversary of her birth, writers indebted to Rukeyser—including Ana Bozicevic, Alicia Ostriker, Rachel Eliza Griffiths and many more—pay their respects.