Born at New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1886. Of mixed ancestry, Irish, German, English, Scotch. A.B., Rutgers, 1904; Columbia, 1906. Married Miss Aline Murray, step-daughter of Henry Mills Alden, editor of _Harper's Magazine_ (cf. Aline Kilmer). Taught a short time, then held various editorial positions on _The Churchman_, the _Literary Digest_, _Current Literature_, the _New York Times Sunday Magazine_, among others. In 1913, he and his wife were converted to Catholicism. In 1916, he was called to the faculty of the School of Journalism, New York University, succeeding Arthur Guiterman (q.v.). Enlisted as a private in the War and was killed in action, 1918. SUGGESTIONS FOR READING 1. Kilmer wished to be judged by poetry written after October, 1913, and to discard all earlier work. Why? 2. The following influences are traceable in his poetry: (1) Francis Thompson, Coventry Patmore, and earlier Catholic poets; (2) his mother's musical talent; (3) his journalistic work; (4) the War. 3. Kilmer's letters illustrate and explain the qualities of his work. BIBLIOGRAPHY Trees and Other Poems. 1915. Main Street and Other Poems. 1917. Joyce Kilmer, edited by Robert Cortes Holliday. 1918. (Poems, essays, and letters.) Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces. 1921. STUDIES AND REVIEWS Holliday, R.C. Memoir in _Joyce Kilmer_ (listed in bibliography). Kilmer, Mrs. Annie Kilburn. Memories of my Son, Sergeant Joyce Kilmer, 1920. Ath. 1919, 2: 1220. Bookm. 48 ('18): 133 (portrait). Bookm. (Lond.) 56 ('19): 122; 57 ('19): 118. Cath. World, 100 ('14): 301; 108 ('18): 224. Lit. Digest, 58 ('18): Aug. 31, p. 36 (portrait); Sept. 7, pp. 32 (portrait), 42. Outlook, 120 ('18): 12, 16; 122 ('19): 467. Poetry, 11 ('18): 281; 13 ('18): 31. 149. R. of Rs. 58 ('18): 431 (portrait). +Aline Murray Kilmer+--poet. Step-daughter of Henry Mills Alden. Married in 1909 to Joyce Kilmer (q.v.). BIBLIOGRAPHY Candles that Burn. 1919. Vigils. 1921. STUDIES AND REVIEWS Bookm. 54 ('21): 384. Nation, 109 ('19): 116. New Repub. 29 ('21): 133. See also _Book Review Digest_, 1919, 1921. +Grace Elizabeth King+--novelist. Born at New Orleans, 1852, and educated there and in France. Her stories and novels furnish material for an interesting comparison with the work of G.W. Cable (q.v.). Her writing grew out of the desire to present from the inside the Creole Society in which she had grown up, to which she felt that Mr. Cable, as an outsider, had not done justice. BIBLIOGRAPHY Monsieur Motte. 1888. Balcony Stories. 1893. The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard. 1916. For reviews, see _Pattee_; also _Book Review Digest_, 1916. +Harry Herbert Knibbs+ (Ontario, Canada, 1874)--poet. His material is cowboy life. For bibliography see _Who's Who in America_. +Alfred Kreymborg+--poet.