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Karr was married to poet Michael Milburn for 13 years. [22] [23] Some time after their divorce, she began dating author David Foster Wallace, whose alleged abusive behavior toward Karr—which included throwing a coffee table at her and harassing her five-year-old son—is documented in his 2012 biography. [24]
Stratis Haviaras (June 28, 1935 – March 3, 2020) [1] was a bilingual writer of literary works in English and Greek, [2] [3] known in the U.S. for his novels When the Tree Sings [4] (shortlisted for the Natiοnal Book Award and named an ALA Notable book), [5] [6] and The Heroic Age. [7]
Michael Longley CBE (27 July 1939 – 22 January 2025) was a Northern Irish poet. Following his death, the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins , called Longley "a peerless poet". [ 1 ] Longley said in later years: "It's a mystery where poems come from.
Poet Michael Longley at Lancaster House in London (Peter Jordan/PA) Among some of his best-known work is the poem Ceasefire in 1994, inspired by the then-ceasefires in his native Northern Ireland.
Tributes have been paid to the acclaimed Belfast-born poet Michael Longley, who has died at the age of 85. The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins said he regarded him "as a peerless poet" and ...
A. William Aalto; Charles Aaron; Asa Aarons; Edward S. Aarons; Leroy F. Aarons; Jacob Ralph Abarbanell; Edward Abbey; William Wright Abbot; David Abbott (magician)
James Russell Lowell – U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and the Court of St. James's, poet, critic, and editor [5] Deval Patrick – 71st Governor of Massachusetts; quit the club in 1983 [23] Roger Putnam – Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts and director of the U.S. Economic Stabilization Administration
Milburn states that Tolkien's "Leaf by Niggle" is just such a text, because Niggle's allegorical "journey" signifies death, the "Workhouse" signifies purgatory, and the place Niggle reaches after that is the Earthly Paradise, the place for Tolkien as for Dante of final purification before heaven, Niggle's "mountains". [5]