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Amaryllis Ode - Sharon Olds
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The Connoisseuse of Slugs - Sharon Olds
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Race Riot, Tulsa, 1921 - Sharon Olds
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Sarah Howe
B. 1983
Rich and fierce, Sarah Howe's poems are alive to the complex stories and voices that cohere around objects, family and place. . . surprising and moving. . . - EDMUND DE WAAL
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Hannah Lowe
B. 1976
Here is a poet with a commanding style; her voice is entirely her own, both rich and laconic - Penelope Shuttle
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Kelwyn Sole
B. 1951
His keen observation invokes an expanded cognition and a braver engagement with one's personhood. -- Liesl Jobson
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Kelly Grovier
B. 1968
This is a poet of both truth and beauty - Rory Waterman, Times Literary Supplement
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Marilyn Hacker
B. 1942
Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about. But the fact that writers are dealing with essential issues...I think that's a necessary integration of literary writing with what's actually going on in our world. - Marilyn Hacker
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Penelope Shuttle
B. 1947
In my poetry I give primacy to the breath. For me it is the way the poem breathes that gives it form. - Penelope Shuttle
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Ruth Padel
B. 1947
Go for it, petal. Nothing's as real as what you write. (from Writing to Onegin, Ruth Padel)