Malcolm Cowley

thumb| Malcolm Cowley (August 24, 1898 – March 27, 1989) was an American writer, editor, historian, poet, and literary critic. His best known works include his first book of poetry, Blue Juniata (1929), and his memoir, Exile's Return (1934; rev. 1951), written as a chronicler and fellow traveller of the Lost Generation and an influential editor and talent scout at Viking Press. Quotes Now the dark waters at the bow fold back, like earth against the plow; foam brightens like the dogwood now    at home, in my own country. "Four Songs: The Long Voyage", in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, vol. 53, no. 1 (October, 1938), p. 27 Quoted as an epigraph in John Gunther, Inside U.S.A (1947), front matter External links Category:1898 births Category:1989 deaths Category:Authors from the United States Category:Editors from the United States Category:Historians from the United States Category:Poets from the United States Category:People from Pennsylvania