Well, google turned up this right away, the answer to "whatever happened to
her?" seems to be a lot!
http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/smitherelizabeth.html
best,
Rebecca
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>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:45:16 +0900
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>Subject: Elizabeth Smither
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>Just found my old copy of 15 Contemporary New Zealand Poets ed. by
>Alistair Paterson and was struck by how the transplanted seed of the
>Black mountain School had taken root (noted that Creely had recently
>visited) in almost every case but Elizabeth Smither's. She's quirky,
>a tad like Laura Riding, I'd say with her combination of awkwardnesses
>and grace notes. Whatever happened to her? I saw some of her work in
>an issue of Iron magazine in the 1970's but after that, nothing. Any
>leads appreciated. Jesse
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