Muriel Rukeyser

Muriel Rukeyser 15 December 1913 – 12 February 1980 Was An American Poet And Political Activist Best Known For Her Poems About Equality Feminism Social Justice And Judaism. Kenneth Rexroth Said That She Was The Greatest Poet Of Her "exact Generation". One Of Her Most Powerful Pieces Was A Group Of Poems Entitled The Book Of The Dead 1938 Documenting The Details Of The Hawk's Nest Incident An Industrial Disaster In Which Hundreds Of Miners Died Of Silicosis. Her Poem "To Be A Jew In The Twentieth Century" 1944 On The Theme Of Judaism As A Gift Was Adopted By The American Reform And Reconstructionist Movements For Their Prayer Books Something Rukeyser Said "astonished" Her As She Had Remained Distant From Judaism Throughout Her Early Life. 1 read less