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Also Known As Maxine Winokur
Born June 6, 1925 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died February 6, 2014 (aged 88) • New Hampshire
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (1999)
Notable Works “Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief” • “Still to Mow” • “The Nightmare Factory” • “Where I Live” • “Why Can’t We Live Together Like Civilized Human Beings?”
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Rita Dove
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Mark Van Doren.
Mark Van Doren
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Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
American poet
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William Carlos Williams
American poet
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Phyllis McGinley
American poet
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Mark Strand
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Merwin, W.S.
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American poet and translator
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Lisel Mueller
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Richard Wilbur
American poet
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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Sandra Cisneros
American author
Pat Mora
Pat Mora
American poet, author, and activist
Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
American poet
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Ana Castillo
American poet and author
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