Poetic Obituaries: At her death Ms. [Rachel] Wetzsteon was the poetry editor

of The New Republic, a post to which she was appointed last fall. She was also on the faculty of William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J.

Widely praised by critics, Ms. Wetzsteon's work appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New Republic, The Nation and elsewhere. She published three volumes of poetry, "The Other Stars" (Penguin, 1994); "Home and Away" (Penguin, 1998); and "Sakura Park" (Persea Books, 2006). She also wrote "Influential Ghosts" (Routledge, 2007), a study of W. H. Auden.

from The New York Times: Rachel Wetzsteon, Poet of Keen Insights and Wit, Dies at 42

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