Josephine Jacobsen left behind a legacy of almost a dozen books and
several considerable honors, including a position as Consultant in
Poetry to the Library of Congress (1971-1973), the 1988 Lenore Marshall
Award, the 1993 Shelley Memorial Award, and the Poetry Society of
America's highest honor--the Robert Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement
in Poetry--in 1997.
Contents of a Minute is a treasure of recently discovered and
previously unpublished poetry. Written with the spare eloquence and
freedom of mind which Jacobsen was so well-known for, this collection of
poems pays tribute to a woman ahead of her time.