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==Early life==
Muriel Rukeyser was born on December 15, 1913 to Lawrence and Myra Lyons Rukeyser.<ref>{{Cite book|title=American writers: a collection of literary biographies|lastlast1=Unger|firstfirst1=Leonard|last2=Litz|first2=A. Walton|last3=Weigel|first3=Molly|last4=Bechler|first4=Lea|last5=Parini|first5=Jay|date=1974-01-01|publisher=Scribner|isbn=0684197855|location=New York|oclc = 1041142|language=en}}</ref> She attended the [[Ethical Culture Fieldston School]], a private school in [[The Bronx]], then [[Vassar College]] in [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie]]. From 1930 to 32, she attended [[Columbia University]].
 
Her literary career began in 1935 when her book of poetry ''Theory of Flight'', based on flying lessons she took, was chosen by the American poet [[Stephen Vincent Benét]] for publication in the ''[[Yale Younger Poets Series]]''.
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The ''[[Journal of Narrative Theory|JDT: Journal of Narrative Theory]], a publication from Eastern Michigan University,'' dedicated a special issue to Rukeyser in Fall 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org/welcome/jnt-journal-of-narrative-theory-43-3-contents/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140117023512/http://murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org/welcome/jnt-journal-of-narrative-theory-43-3-contents/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2014 |title=Muriel Rukeyser: A Living Archive |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=[[Eastern Michigan University]] |access-date=16 January 2014 }}</ref>
 
Rukeyser's 5-poem sequence "Käthe Kollwitz" (The Speed of Darkness, 1968, Random House)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org/writing/kathe-kollwitz/ |title=Käthe Kollwitz |website=murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org |date=December 7, 2018 |access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> was set by Tom Myron in his composition "Käthe Kollwitz for Soprano and String Quartet," "written in response to a commission from violist Julia Adams for a work celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Portland String Quartet in 1998."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dramonline.org/albums/darkness-light-vol-3/notes |title=Darkness & Light, Vol. 3 |website=dramonline.org |access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref>
 
Rukeyser's poem "Gunday's Child" was set to music by the experimental rock band [[Sleepytime Gorilla Museum]].
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; Fiction by Rukeyser
*''Savage Coast : A Novel.'' Feminist Press, 2013.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Savage coast|lastlast1=Rukeyser|firstfirst1=Muriel|last2=Kennedy-Epstein|first2=Rowena|date=2014-01-01|isbn=9781558618206|oclc = 887938693|language=en}}</ref>
 
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* ''The Middle of the Air.'' Produced in Iowa City, IA, 1945.
* ''The Colors of the Day: A Celebration of the Vassar Centennial.'' Produced in Poughkeepsie, NY, at Vassar College, June 10, 1961.
* ''Houdini.'' Produced in Lenox, MA, at Lenox Arts Center, July 3, 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/muriel-rukeyser|title=Muriel Rukeyser|date=2017-03-07|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en-us|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref> Published as ''Houdini: A Musical,'' Paris Press, 2002.<ref>{{Cite book|lastlast1=Spangler|firstfirst1=David|title=Houdini: a musical|last2=Rukeyser|first2=Muriel|date=2002-01-01|publisher=Paris Press|isbn=1930464045|location=Ashfield, Mass.|language=en}}</ref>
 
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* ''I Go Out.'' Harper, 1961. Illustrated by Leonard Kessler. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rukeyser-muriel|title=Muriel Rukeyser|last=Rosenbaum|first=Judith|date=March 20, 2009|website=Jewish Women's Archive|access-date=March 4, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Bubbles.'' Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rukeyser|first=Muriel|title=Bubbles|publisher=Harcourt, Brace & World|year=1967|isbn=9780152128302|location=New York|language=en}}</ref>
* ''Mazes.'' Simon & Schuster, 1970. Photography by Milton Charles.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mazes|lastlast1=Rukeyser|firstfirst1=Muriel|last2=Charles|first2=Milton|date=1970-01-01|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=067165151X|location=New York|oclc = 113139|language=en}}</ref>
*''More Night.'' Harper & Row, 1981. Illustrated by [http://www.bookologymagazine.com/resources/authors-emeritus/shimin-symeon/ Symeon Shimin]. <ref>{{Cite book|last=Rukeyser|first=Muriel|title=More Night|publisher=Harper & Row|year=1981|isbn=9780060251277}}</ref>