In 1949, Ettie Stettheimer collected her sister Florines poems in Crystal Flowers, a posthumous, privately printed, elegant edition of 250. In addition to these rare poems, this new volume
offers formerly unpublished material culled from archives, including three new poems and Stettheimers libretto for her ballet OrphŽe of the Quat-z-arts. Irene Gammel and Suzanne Zelazo have
re-situated this overlooked poet among her modernist sisters, presenting her as an important practitioner of a modernism that integrates multiple art forms. Sixty years after it first appeared
for a select few, her poetry shines for a new generation of readers ready to appreciate.
