Increasingly recognized as one of the great English language poets of the 20th century (she was a U.S. Poet Laureate who earned the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and many other accolades), Elizabeth Bishop is revered by readers and fellow poets alike. Her poems combine humor and sadness, pain and forbearance, and she observes nature and lives in perfect miniature. Bishop was also a dazzling prose writer, and her stories, memoirs, and travel pieces freely intermingle. Presented in two handsome volumes in a laminated slipcase, this omnibus collects all of Bishop's published poems, nearly all of her shorter prose pieces, and a number of works not published until after her death.