biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1936– )
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| biography:
| Poet and writer, born in New York City, New York, USA. She studied at Barnard College, New York (1953–5, 1956–7), the University of Chicago (1955–6), and taught at many institutions, notably at State University of New York, Long Island (1981). She was influenced by mainstream poetry as well as by the Black arts movement (1970s), and she also wrote books for children. |
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