Elisa New

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The Regenerate Lyric: Theology and Innovation in American Poetry. Cambridge University Press. 1993. ISBN   978-0-521-43021-0.
  • The Line's Eye: Poetic Experience, American Sight. Harvard University Press. 1999. ISBN   978-0-674-53462-9.
  • Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four lands of Lithuania to the Ports of Baltimore and London . Basic Books. 2009. ISBN   978-0-465-01525-2.
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    Elisa New
    Born1958 (age 6566)
    Spouses
    • Fred David Levine (divorced; died 2013)
    (m. 2005)
    Children3
    Academic background
    Education Brandeis University (BA)
    Columbia University (MA, PhD)