The Mind Is an Enchanting Thing Resources

For the lowdown on this highbrow poet.

Featuring a shot of Marianne in a truly awesome hat.

For a more academic take on M.M.

Marianne Moore mentored a lot of young poets, including Elizabeth Bishop. This nifty site outlines Moore and Bishop's letters back and forth, in which Moore advised Bishop on her poem "The Fish." It's a Shmoop favorite, so we highly recommend a gander.

A 1960 interview in The Paris Review. That's the big time, folks.

On this entire database of literary and scholarly criticism on Marianne Moore.

Listen to this lecture on Moore from a professor at Yale. And feel yourself getting smarter.

See what all Moore's fuss was about.

This dude is seriously ready for his close-up.

Hear the poet read her poem "Bird-Witted." Then imagine that same voice reading "The Mind Is an Enchanting Thing."

Moore tosses one at Yankee stadium.

Moore pictured with Mohammed Ali. Now there's a pair.

Moore was a fan of the tri-corner hat and cape-like coats. Why? Well, why not?