The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket Resources

Websites

Lowell Central

The Poetry Foundation offers up a great bio and links to Lowell's work.

Graveyard.com

Here you can explore the actual Quaker graveyard on Nantucket where the poem takes place.

A Whale of a Tail

This site has great info on the history of whaling, and other activity, in and around Nantucket.

Video

Lowell and War

Want to hear more about how Lowell felt about war? Check out this brief video about his political involvement in the '60s.

Lowell Memorial Lecture

Lots of famous poets got together to memorialize Lowell. The video is long, so choose your favorites.

Tour of Nantucket

Check out this video tour of Nantucket, where much of the poem is set.

Audio

Lowell reads "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket"

Hear the man himself read his poem.

"For the Union Dead"

Dig this recording of Lowell reading another of his famous poems.

Images

Lowell, Looking Sly

Here's Lowell, you know, just chillin' in a suit.

1967 Cover of TIME

Lowell got on the cover. What's that on his head?

Articles and Interviews

1961 Interview with Lowell

The Paris Review interviews Lowell about the art of poetry and the art of life.

The Letters of Lowell

Want to read some love letters? The correspondence of Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop are profiled in this New Yorker article.

Why Read 1,200 Pages of Lowell?

This article gives a good argument for reading the poet's lengthy works.

Books

Lowell's Collected Poems

They're all here; it's a big one. This is great for reading and also for weight-lifting.

Lost Puritan: A Life of Robert Lowell

Read more about the poet and his life.