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.
MacDowell Colonists, The Peterborough Transcript, July 31, 1952. The photo is of members of the MacDowell Colony for artistis. May Swenson is among them.
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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.
Question, New York Times Book Review, January 2, 1955. Swenson's poem "Question" -published by Charles Scribner's Sons) is featured on the verso of the front page.
Clipping from magazine for the 10th annual National Book Awards. May Swenson's book "A Cage of Spines" was nominated for the poetry award along with 5 other poets.