New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, (1988) dj. The poet's first book, a highly praised collection selected as the winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize by James Merrill, who wrote the introduction to this book. Although Kelly has only published three collections so far, she has received many awards, including fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the Guggenheim, and nominations for the Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle. The poet Stephen Dobyns has said, "Kelly is one of the very best poets now writing in the United States. , , , Not only are her poems brilliantly made, but they also give great pleasure. Rarely are those two qualities seen together in one poet." Yale Series of Younger Poets 83. xiii, 70 pp. ISBN: 0-300-041500.