Honor Moore

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
# Title Year
1 Memoir 1988
2 Darling 2001
3 Red Shoes 2005
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
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
# Title Year
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
16 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
# Title Year
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 2021
6 Running Feet, Sharp Noses 2023