← Maxine KuminHalfwayby Maxine KuminNarrative poems on marriage, desire, and domestic lifeFind on Amazon↗About the authorMaxine KuminAmerican poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Up Country in 1973 and was a close friend of Anne Sexton. Her verse celebrates the natural world of New Hampshire with exactness and grace.More by Maxine KuminThe Privilege→The Nightmare FactoryPsychological poems exploring nightmares and surreal interior landscapes→Up CountryRural poems celebrating New England farmland and nature observation→Connecting the DotsEssays on poetry, nature, aging, and family memoir→