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25 in 25: Maxine Kumin

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, October 24, 2007.

A Pulitzer Prize winning writer and poet, and a New Hampshire resident for over 31 years, Maxine Kumin has long been a poetic voice of and for the Granite State, writing about her Warner home and horse farm, the beautiful sights, smells and sounds of New Hampshire’s seasons and our Yankee philosophies. For the next installment of our 25 in 25 series, we talk to Maxine Kumin about how her writing, her career and her home state have changed over the last quarter century.

Guest

  • Maxine Kumin, author, writer and poet. In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize, Kumin has served as Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress (now known as US Poet Laureate) as well as a Poet Laureate for the State of New Hampshire.
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