Explores various aspects of the feminine in Stevens' writings and life, demonstrating how a focus on gender provides new insights into his work, and new perspectives on the nature of language and poetic voice, the shaping of American poetry and the viability of current critical debates.

In addition to the editor, contributors include Mary Arensburg, Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, Barbara Fisher, Celeste Goodridge, Paul Morrison, Daniel T. O'Hara, Rosamond Rosenmeier, Lisa M. Steinman and C. Roland Wagner.