Books by Lee
Meitzen Grue
Goodbye Silver, Silver Cloud / In the Sweet Balance of the
Flesh / French Quarter Poems
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Three Poets in New Orleans
CD Live! On Frenchmen Street
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* * Lee Meitzen Grue was born in Plaquemine, and has lived in New Orleans
since she was 14. She graduated from the University of New
Orleans and received her masters degree in creative writing from
Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. She was married to Capt. Reginald Grue,
a river port pilot, and has three children.
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Lee Grue has
established herself as one of the outstanding poets of this
region. This extremely eclectic collection reflects a fine
feeling for place--Texas, Louisiana, the music and quirks of the
deep Southland we live in--along with the profound sense of
displacement. This displacement, I believe, is a natural result
of lee's wandering, questioning spirit, her unrelenting
intelligence, a spirit which recognizes the fact of home, but
never too comfortably. in Lee's work there is always a reaching
out to other selves, worlds, inner realities, which she absorbs,
an expansion of identity which makes possible an extended
understanding of her own self.
--Tom Dent, former Executive Director, The
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
Lee Grue's poetry,
like the roux that makes a good gumbo, is a perfect blend of
spices--the right amount of New Orleans file, a flawless mix of
worldly wit and charm, the exact rendering of cayenne pepper
that makes her art and craft unforgettable. this is a book for
those of exquisite taste, and Grue's poetic voice is one to be
richly savored.
--Sue Brannan Walker, Negative
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