A few days ago, two Seattleites — James Longley, a documentary filmmaker, and Heather McHugh, a poet — received the kind of phone call that changes a life. They each had just been awarded ...

Heather McHugh received a B.A. (1970) from Harvard University and an M.A. (1972) from the University of Denver. Her additional books of poetry include “The Father of Predicaments” (2001 ...

Heather McHugh gorgeously exemplif [ies], long ago [she would] have been made to endure the title of national treasure.” Seamus Heaney speaks of McHugh’s “wonderful fluency and happy ...

Heather McHugh is a Radcliffe grad in cowboy boots. Her witty poems shift gears from Okie slow to spaceship speed. A translator from many tongues, she loves a pun, even when mourning a dead pooch ...