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Maxine Kumin

1925 - 2014

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Maxine Kumin (June 6, 1925 – February 6, 2014) was an American poet and author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxine Kumin has received more than 130,024 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Maxine Kumin is the 6,179th most popular writer, the 10,604th most popular biography from United States and the 788th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Crime
Selections include: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin - [The Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) - [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Silver Level
amorality, Anglo-Saxons, aristocracy
2002
Still to mow
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
2007
Connecting the Dots
American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
In these new poems, her eleventh collection, Maxine Kumin expands on the themes that have engaged her most strongly. Family connections resurface as she imagines a letter to her mother, long dead, or assesses the shift of responsibility between generations ("...they still love us who overtake us"). Her dialogue with the natural world - especially with the narrow divide between human and animal - continues, most notably in "Deja Vu", where she pays homage to her personal totem, the bear. Change and the things that never change attract Kumin's attention equally. Whether chronicling the bounty of summer, the cycle of seasons, or memories of youthful parties and lost friends, her voice is wise, clear, and compelling.
1996
The Microscope
Biologists, Microscopes, History
Relates in rhyme the famous Dutch scientist's penchant for viewing things with a microscope, through which he made remarkable observations.
1984
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level
Readers (Secondary), English literature, Study and teaching (Middle school)
2002
Still to mow
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
2007
Lofty dogmas
Poetics, Collections, Poetry
2005
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Silver Level
amorality, Anglo-Saxons, aristocracy
2002
The Microscope
Biologists, Microscopes, History
Relates in rhyme the famous Dutch scientist's penchant for viewing things with a microscope, through which he made remarkable observations.
1984
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level
Readers (Secondary), English literature, Study and teaching (Middle school)
2002
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Crime
Selections include: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin - [The Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) - [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maxine Kumin ranks 6,179 out of 7,302. Before her are Paul Scott, Anthony Doerr, Jānis Akuraters, Michael Drayton, George Saunders, and David McCullough. After her are George Woodcock, Maria Teresa Horta, Gillian Flynn, Albert Kivikas, Stephen Vincent Benét, and Kurt Marti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Maxine Kumin ranks 481. Before her are Medea Jugeli, Kim Stanley, Leongino Unzaim, Salil Chowdhury, Jacques Grimonpon, and Ossi Reichert. After her are June Christy, G. William Miller, Günther Haase, Gordon George Avery, Grigory Mkrtychan, and Eric Fleming. Among people deceased in 2014, Maxine Kumin ranks 477. Before her are Edmund Bruggmann, Sitara Devi, Don Keefer, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Abel Laudonio, and Béla Várady. After her are Scott Asheton, Mónica Spear, Dick Jones, André Buffière, Edward Clancy, and L'Wren Scott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxine Kumin ranks 10,604 out of 20,380. Before her are Bob Skelton (1903), Donald Piper (1911), Thora Birch (1982), Jim Starlin (1949), Gladys Brockwell (1893), and David McCullough (1933). After her are Harold J. Stone (1913), Dawn Wells (1938), Roy Bittan (1949), Andrew Hill (1931), Louis Kuehn (1901), and Christine Korsgaard (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Maxine Kumin ranks 788. Before her are Henry Jenkins (1958), Theodore Roethke (1908), Robert Creeley (1926), Anthony Doerr (1973), George Saunders (1958), and David McCullough (1933). After her are Gillian Flynn (1971), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Lester Bangs (1948), Amory Lovins (1947), Mike Godwin (1956), and Alain LeRoy Locke (1885).

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