Dear Editor:

I attended the low-residency writing program at Goddard College in Vermont when Louise Glück served as a teacher, and a poet-in-residence (1970s) . I remember the wonderful respect she earned and liking by the other teachers, as well as by students. Her house burned down during that time, a winter-time fire. The other program writers knew the hardest loss for her was her books. They dipped into their own libraries and gifted her with her favorite authors and their books, lifting her spirits. Wiki connects her to Goddard this way: “The poems she wrote during her Goddard years were collected in her second book, “The House on Marshland,” written in 1975 , which many critics have regarded as her breakthrough work, signaling her discovery of a distinctive voice.” Now adieu to the good spirit of poet Glück. Yale students having class with her, you had a special presence among you.

Sincerely,

Lynn Rudmin Chong

LYNN RUDMIN CHONG is a professor at Plymouth State University and parent to a Yale graduate.