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Howard Moss on Anthony Hecht and May Swenson, Envoy, Number 48. This is an introduction that Howard Moss read to introduce Hecht and Swenson at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The Hecht and Swenson readings occurred on October…

M. Swenson, obituary, Herald Journal, December 7, 1989. May Swenson died on December 4, 1989 at the age of 76. The article chronicles her professional life, including the fact that she published 11 volumes of poetry, had been granted a fellowship to…

Bollingen Prize in Poetry Announced, Yale University News Release. The news releases states that the Bollingen Prize in Poetry of the Yale University Library has been awarded to May Swenson and Howard Nemerov. The prize is awarded every 2 years for…

Uneasy Fame For a Reclusive Soul, Newsday, July 14, 1987. May Swenson won $135,000 from the MacArthur Foundation. Hartocollis was able to track Swenson to her home Sea Cliff, Long Island for an interview.

Newspaper clipping featuring "Doubles and Opposites" discussing May Swenson's play, The Floor, from the New York Times, May 8, 1966.

“The Long Island Poetry Collective, Inc. invites you to a poetry reading by May Swenson," October 10, 1980.

MacDowell Colonists, The Peterborough Transcript, July 31, 1952. The photo is of members of the MacDowell Colony for artistis. May Swenson is among them.

Advertisement for "Bread Loaf Writers' Conference" featuring workshops led by May Swenson, Mona Van Duyn, Marvin Bell, Stanley Elkin, George P. Elliott, John Irving, Donald Justice, Edward A. Martin, William Meredith, Toni Morrison, Robert Pack, Lore…

Christmas Day, The Grizzly, December 6, 1929. May Swenson wrote a prize winning essay for a Christmas Story contest hosted by the Grizzly of Logan, Utah.

Haymaking, Rocky Mountain Review, Winter 1938-1939. A poem titled "Haymaking" by May Swenson on page seven of the Rocky Mountain Review Winter, vol 3,number 2, 1938-39.