""Working at the Academy of American Poets for her beloved mentor, Elizabeth Kray, and hanging out at clubs with Andy Warhol's crowd at night, Norris found herself immersed in an exciting and emotionally turbulent new world."--Container."
"The book her devoted readers have been waiting for. At last, New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Norris's first continuous narrative, a story of sex, drugs, and poetry. After spending her high school years in Hawaii, Kathleen Norris was woefully unprepared for Bennington College in the 1960s, with its culture of drugs, sex, and bohemianism. But it was also at Bennington that she discovered her great love of poetry, which carried her to New York City at a time when a new generation of poets was emerging and shaking up the establishment."@en
"Norris recounts her whirlwind coming of age years while at Bennington College during the 1960s."@en
"After spending her high school years in Hawaii, Kathleen Norris was unprepared for Bennington College in the 1960s, with its culture of drugs, sex, and bohemianism. However, at Bennington, she discovered her great love of poetry, which carried her to New York City at a time when a new generation of poets was emerging and shaking up the establishment. Working at the Academy of American Poets, Norris found herself immersed in an exciting and emotionally turbulent new world."

The Virgin of Bennington