# Louise Glück Reads Her Poetry

Louise Glück explains that she is a lyric poet who loves editing. After discussing writer's block and her early work, she reads in Part I from First Born (1983), The House on Marshland (1975), and Descending Figure (1980). In Part II, she continues with poems from Descending Figure and The Triumph of Achilles (1987). In Part III, Glück discusses poems by others that she has "held dear" or that "have taught me - compelled me - made me want to write."

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 1988
- By: Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
- Genres: Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687663/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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