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Born December 15, 1913 • New York City • New York
Died February 12, 1980 (aged 66) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “U.S. 1” • “Willard Gibbs: American Genius”
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
H.D.
H.D.
American poet
Elizabeth Bishop, 1938
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet
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Donald Hall
American poet, essayist and critic
Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky
American poet and critic
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Horace Gregory
American poet and critic
Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale
Italian author
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American author
U.S. poet laureate Arthur Sze
Arthur Sze
American poet
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
American poet
Kenneth Rexroth and his daughter
Kenneth Rexroth
American poet and painter
Robert Lowell, c. 1960
Robert Lowell
American poet
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
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Richard Brautigan
American author
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
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Robert Bly
American author
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Genevieve Taggard
American poet
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator

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