NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn has a book coming out next year that reveals how she has been shaped by the power of words.
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that Burstyn's 鈥淧oetry Says It Better鈥 will be released April 28, 2026. Burstyn, 93, is known for such films as 鈥淭he Last Picture Show鈥 and 鈥淎lice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,鈥 for which she won an Academy Award; the TV shows 鈥淧olitical Animals鈥 and 鈥淗ouse of Cards鈥 and the Broadway production 鈥淪ame Time, Next Year.鈥
Burstyn's favorite poets include Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver and William Butler Yeats.
鈥淚鈥檝e been lucky enough to spend my professional life as an actress: I worked as a model and dancer from the day I left high school and eventually reached a pinnacle in my career and won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards,鈥 Burstyn said in a statement. 鈥淣evertheless, it is poetry that has fueled and sustained me throughout my career and has been interwoven with every major life milestone I鈥檝e ever experienced.鈥
Burstyn also is the author of 鈥淟essons in Becoming Myself,鈥 a memoir published in 2006.
