- 1925: born in Philadelphia Maxine Winokur
- 1946: received Bachelor’s Degree from Radcliffe College and married Victor Kumin
- 1948: received Master’s from Radcliffe College
- 1957: studied poetry at the Boston Center for Adult Education with John Holmes
- 1958-1951: taught English at Tufts University
- 1961-1963: was a scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study
- Released the following poetry collections:
o 1961: Halfway, Holt
o 1965: The Privilege
o 1970: The Nightmare Factory
o 1972: Up Country (Won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1973)
o 1975: House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate
o 1978: The Retrieval System
o 1982: Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief: New and Selected Poems
o 1985: The Long Approach
o 1989: Nurture
o 1992: Looking for Luck (Won the Poet’s Prize in 1994)
o 1996: Connecting the Dots
o 1997: Selected Poems 1960-1990
o 2001: The Long Marriage
o 2003: Bringing Together: Uncollected Early Poems 1958-1988
o 2005: Jack and Other New Poems
o 2007: Still To Mow
o 2010: Where I Live: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010
- 1972: won the Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize for Poetry
- 1980: won American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award for excellence in literature
- 1981-1982: Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress
- 1986: won an Academy of American Poets fellowship
- 1999: won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
- Is also known for novels, short stories, essays, and children’s books
- Currently lives on a farm in New Hampshire with her husband
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