Eileen Myles Overview

Eileen Myles (born 1949, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American poet. Her latest book is Sorry, Tree in which she describes "some nature" as well as the transmigration of souls from the east coast to the west. Bust Magazine calls Myles "the... [more]

Eileen Myles (born 1949, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American poet. Her latest book is Sorry, Tree in which she describes "some nature" as well as the transmigration of souls from the east coast to the west. Bust Magazine calls Myles "the rock star of modern poetry" and Holland Cotter in The New York Times describes her as "a cult figure to a generation of post-punk females forming their own literary avant garde." Her upcoming book is called The Importance of Being Iceland (Semiotexte/MIT Press) and she has over fifteen other great books. [show less]