Honor Moore is an accomplished author and poet known for her memoirs and poetry collections. Her notable works include "Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury," "The Bishop’s Daughter," a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and Los Angeles Times Favorite Book of the Year, and "The White Blackbird," a New York Times Notable Book exploring the life of painter Margarett Sargent, her grandmother. She has also published three poetry collections and co-edited "Women’s Liberation: Feminist Writings That Inspired a Revolution and Still Can!" Her forthcoming memoir, "A Termination," is set for publication in August 2024.
Moore’s writing often blends personal narrative with historical and artistic exploration, particularly in her biographical works. "The White Blackbird" exemplifies her ability to intertwine family history with cultural commentary, while "The Bishop’s Daughter" delves into themes of identity, faith, and legacy. Her poetry collections further showcase her lyrical precision and emotional depth. A professor at the New School, Moore resides in New York City, where she continues to contribute to literary and academic circles.
Poetry
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Title
Year
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1
Memoir
1988
2
Darling
2001
3
Red Shoes
2005
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
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1
Mourning Pictures
1977
2
Leaving and Coming Back
1981
3
The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent
1996
4
The Bishop's Daughter
2008
5
Our Revolution
2020
6
A Termination
2024
American Poets Project Books
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Title
Year
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1
Edgar Allan Poe (By: Richard Wilbur)
1909
2
Theodore Roethke ( By: Theodore Roethke)
1969
3
A. R. Ammons (By: David Lehman, A.R. Ammons)
1977
4
William Carlos Williams (By: William Carlos Williams)
1984
5
Edna St. Vincent Millay (By: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
1991
6
Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems (By: Carl Sandburg)
1996
7
Yvor Winters (By: Thom Gunn, Yvor Winters)
1999
8
Karl Shapiro (By: John Updike, Karl Shapiro)
2003
9
Poets of World War II (By: Various Various, Harvey Shapiro)
2003
10
American Wits (By: John Hollander)
2003
11
John Greenleaf Whittier (By: John Greenleaf Whittier)
2004
12
Kenneth Fearing (By: Robert Polito, Kenneth Fearing)
2004
13
Muriel Rukeyser (By: Muriel Rukeyser)
2004
14
John Berryman (By: Kevin Young, John Berryman)
2004
15
Poets of the Civil War ( By: J.D. McClatchy)
2005
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Emma Lazarus (By: Emma Lazarus)
2005
17
Edith Wharton ( By: Edith Wharton)
2005
18
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (By: Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Alexander)
2005
19
Cole Porter (By: Robert Kimball, Cole Porter)
2006
20
Louis Zukofsky (By: Louis Zukofsky, Charles Bernstein)
2006
21
Kenneth Koch (By: Ron Padgett, Kenneth Koch)
2007
22
American Sonnets (By: David Bromwich)
2007
23
James Agee (By: James Agee, Andrew Hudgins)
2008
24
Poems from the Women's Movement
2009
25
Ira Gershwin (By: Robert Kimball, Ira Gershwin)
2009
26
Lyrics of the First Great Popular Songs (By: Stephen Collins Foster, Ken Emerson)
2010
27
Countee Cullen (By: Major Jackson, Countee Cullen)
2010
28
Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman)
1892
29
Amy Lowell
2012
Honor Moore Anthologies
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Title
Year
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1
The New Women's Theatre: Ten Plays by Contemporary American Women
1977
2
The Writer on Her Work
1980
3
The Common: A Modern Sense of Place: Issue 01
2012
4
Freeman's: Arrival
2015
5
Women's Liberation!: Feminist Writings that Inspired a Revolution & Still Can