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Sexton, Anne
(Sex·ton, Anne)
Entry from US Dictionary
Pronunciation:
/ˈsekstən/
(
1928–74
)
, US poet; born Anne Harvey. Plagued by mental illness, she wrote very emotional poems, many of which are collected in the volumes
To Bedlam and Part Way Back
(1960) and
Live or Die
(1966).
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