Galway Kinnell (1927–2014) was an award-winning poet known for work that connects ordinary life to the large and unseen forces of God and nature. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he is celebrated for several collections of poetry, including What a Kingdom It Was, Flower Herding on Mount Monadnock, and Body Rags. Other well-known works include The Book of Nightmares and Selected Poems, for which Kinnell won the Pulitzer Prize and for which he was cowinner of the National Book Award in 1983.