May Sarton was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist born in Wondelgem, Belgium. Many of her novels and poems are pellucid reflections of the lesbian experience.
Genres: Inspirational, Literary Fiction
Novels
The Single Hound (1938)
Joanna and Ulysses (1939)
The Poet and the Donkey (1942)
The Bridge of Years (1946)
Shadow of a Man (1950)
A Shower of Summer Days (1952)
Faithful Are the Wounds (1955)
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1956)
The Birth of a Grandfather (1957)
The Fur Person (1957)
The Small Room (1961)
A Reckoning (1962)
Miss Pickthorn and Mr Hare (1966)
Kinds Of Love (1970)
As We Are Now (1973)
Punch's Secret (1974)
Crucial Conversations (1975)
Anger (1982)
The Magnificent Spinster (1986)
Christmas Light (1987)
The Smile (1987)
The Education of Harriet Hatfield (1989)
Joanna and Ulysses (1939)
The Poet and the Donkey (1942)
The Bridge of Years (1946)
Shadow of a Man (1950)
A Shower of Summer Days (1952)
Faithful Are the Wounds (1955)
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1956)
The Birth of a Grandfather (1957)
The Fur Person (1957)
The Small Room (1961)
A Reckoning (1962)
Miss Pickthorn and Mr Hare (1966)
Kinds Of Love (1970)
As We Are Now (1973)
Punch's Secret (1974)
Crucial Conversations (1975)
Anger (1982)
The Magnificent Spinster (1986)
Christmas Light (1987)
The Smile (1987)
The Education of Harriet Hatfield (1989)
Collections
Encounter in April (poems) (1937)
Inner Landscape (poems) (1939)
A New Year Poem from May Sarton, 1942 (poems) (1941)
Celebrations, 1943 (1942)
The Joys (poems) (1945)
The Lion and the Rose (poems) (1948)
Letter to an Indian Friend (poems) (1949)
Of Friendship At Christmas (poems) (1952)
The Land of Silence (poems) (1953)
On Being Given Time (poems) (1953)
A Celebration (poems) (1956)
Minting Time (poems) (1957)
The Writing of a Poem (poems) (1957)
In Time Like Air (poems) (1958)
The Annealing (1959)
Cloud, Stone, Sun, Vine (poems) (1960)
The House in Winter (poems) (1963)
A Private Mythology (poems) (1966)
As Does New Hampshire (poems) (1967)
A Grain of Mustard Seed (poems) (1971)
A Durable Fire (poems) (1972)
Collected Poems, 1930-1993 (poems) (1974)
A World Of Light (poems) (1976)
Selected Poems of May Sarton (poems) (1978)
Halfway to Silence (poems) (1980)
Shell (poems) (1982)
Letters from Maine (poems) (1984)
As Fresh, As Always New (poems) (1985)
Blizzard (poems) (1986)
The Phoenix Again (poems) (1987)
The Silence Now (poems) (1988)
Small Joys (poems) (1989)
Now I Become Myself (poems) (1991)
The Work Of Happiness (poems) (1991)
Bliss (poems) (1992)
The Ender, the Beginner (poems) (1992)
A Handful of Thyme (poems) (1992)
Christmas, 1993 (poems) (1993)
After the War (poems) (1994)
Of Molluscs (poems) (1994)
From May Sarton's Well (poems) (1994)
Coming Into Eighty (poems) (1994)
May Sarton's Well (poems) (1997)
Inner Landscape (poems) (1939)
A New Year Poem from May Sarton, 1942 (poems) (1941)
Celebrations, 1943 (1942)
The Joys (poems) (1945)
The Lion and the Rose (poems) (1948)
Letter to an Indian Friend (poems) (1949)
Of Friendship At Christmas (poems) (1952)
The Land of Silence (poems) (1953)
On Being Given Time (poems) (1953)
A Celebration (poems) (1956)
Minting Time (poems) (1957)
The Writing of a Poem (poems) (1957)
In Time Like Air (poems) (1958)
The Annealing (1959)
Cloud, Stone, Sun, Vine (poems) (1960)
The House in Winter (poems) (1963)
A Private Mythology (poems) (1966)
As Does New Hampshire (poems) (1967)
A Grain of Mustard Seed (poems) (1971)
A Durable Fire (poems) (1972)
Collected Poems, 1930-1993 (poems) (1974)
A World Of Light (poems) (1976)
Selected Poems of May Sarton (poems) (1978)
Halfway to Silence (poems) (1980)
Shell (poems) (1982)
Letters from Maine (poems) (1984)
As Fresh, As Always New (poems) (1985)
Blizzard (poems) (1986)
The Phoenix Again (poems) (1987)
The Silence Now (poems) (1988)
Small Joys (poems) (1989)
Now I Become Myself (poems) (1991)
The Work Of Happiness (poems) (1991)
Bliss (poems) (1992)
The Ender, the Beginner (poems) (1992)
A Handful of Thyme (poems) (1992)
Christmas, 1993 (poems) (1993)
After the War (poems) (1994)
Of Molluscs (poems) (1994)
From May Sarton's Well (poems) (1994)
Coming Into Eighty (poems) (1994)
May Sarton's Well (poems) (1997)
Picture Books show
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by May Sarton
May Sarton recommends
Garden of Malice (1983)
(Roz Howard Mystery, book 1)
Susan Kenney
"A garden of rare pleasures for any reader who loves a mystery out of the ordinary... A fabulously good first novel, I give it five stars."
The Half-sisters (1974)
Cynthia Propper Seton
"Cynthia Seton is hitting deep into woman's discovery of herself but in a rich and humane way."
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