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Also Known As Anne Dudley
Born c.1612 • Northampton • England
Died September 16, 1672 • Andover • Massachusetts Bay Colony
Notable Works “Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning” • “The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America”
Notable Family Members father Thomas Dudley

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Anne Bradstreet
Title page of The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
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H.D.
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Elizabeth Bishop
American poet
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Maxine Hong Kingston
Chinese-American author
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Mary Oliver
American poet
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Charles Simic
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American poet, playwright, and educator
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American poet, essayist and critic
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Paul Monette
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James Laughlin
American publisher and poet
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Marguerite Young
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L.H. Sigourney.
L.H. Sigourney
American author
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T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Levertov, Denise
Denise Levertov
American poet
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Susanna Rowson
American author and actress

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