Linda Gregg

Linda Gregg (1942-2019) born in Suffolk, New York, she grew up in Marin County, California. and received her BA and MA from San Francisco State University. She taught at the University of Iowa, Columbia University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Princeton University. Her first book of poems, Too Bright to See, was published by Graywolf Press in 1981. She went on to publish several collections of poetry, and receive numerous awards.

Highway 90

An owl lands on the side 

of the road. Turns its head

to look at me going fast, 

window open to the night 

on the desert. Clean air, 

and the great stars. 

I’m trying to decide 

if this is what I want.

— Linda Gregg