 Often overlooked by critics because it was not published in the United States, the book is structured around the myth of Plato's “Cave.” In 1961, Burroway's first book of poetry, "But to the Season", was published by Keele University Press.Burroway spent 1960–1961 in New Haven, Connecticut after receiving an RCA/NBC scholarship in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama.Her fourth novel, "The Buzzards", came out in 1969.