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Also Known As Susan Coolidge
Born January 29, 1835 • Cleveland • Ohio
Died April 9, 1905 (aged 70) • Newport • Rhode Island
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Cesare Pavese
Italian author
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Elizabeth Coatsworth
American author
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
American poet and educator
Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez
Dominican-American author and educator
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American author
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
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Robert Bly
American author
H.D.
H.D.
American poet
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Elizabeth Bishop, 1938
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet
Willa Cather
Willa Cather
American author
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
American poet
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John Ciardi
American poet and critic
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and author
Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett
American writer
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Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
O'Neill, Rose Cecil
Rose Cecil O’Neill
American illustrator and writer
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
American poet and historian

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