Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop Book

	Introduction
	Chronology
	U.S. Poetry Chair Holder Tell How She Courts the Muse	3
	Pulitzer Prize Poet Lives in Petropolis	8
	No Jokes in Portuguese	12
	Elizabeth Bishop: The Poetess, the Cashew, and Micucu	14
	An Interview with Elizabeth Bishop	18
	Poet Adds to List of Interesting Things	30
	Now Playing: A Touch of the Poetess	33
	Elizabeth Bishop: Conversations and Class Notes	38
	Ouro Preto: Springtime at the Winter Festival	47
	Poetry as a Way of Life	50
	Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Visits UW	54
	Book and Author: Elizabeth Bishop	57
	Reading Scares Poet Bishop	59
	A Conversation with Elizabeth Bishop	62
	A Poet Who Doesn't Wear Her Woes	69
	David W. McCullough's Eye on Books	72
	Poetry Born Out of Suffering	74
	A Conversation with Elizabeth Bishop	82
	Geography of the Imagination	98
	Elizabeth Bishop, Observer of Poetry	105
	Elizabeth Bishop Speaks about Her Poetry	107
	Women Writers in America	111
	The Art of Poetry, XXVII: Elizabeth Bishop	114
	Elizabeth Bishop's Library: A Reminiscence	133
	Studying with Miss Bishop	139
	Index	157