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A Muriel Rukeyser Reader

Bringing together works only sparsely anthologized or long out of print, this book is a resource for understanding the range, depth, and originality of this pioneering writer whom the poet Anne Sexton named "Muriel, mother of everyone."

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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