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Marilyn Nelson Quotes

One of my graduate school professors, to whom I started sending poems when I started writing again after a 10-year hiatus, suggested I prepare a book manuscript which he could send to publishers for me.

Marilyn Nelson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: April 26, 1946

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