Anne Gray Harvey Sexton, American poet and playwright, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ralph Harvey, a successful woolen manufacturer, and Mary Gray Staples. Sexton is known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die.
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The joy that isn't shared dies young. Go to Quote / Comment
I am out of practice at living. You are as brave as a motorcycle. Go to Quote / Comment
I'm getting bored with it, I tell the typewriter,... Go to Quote / Comment
Oh Mary, Gentle Mother,... Go to Quote / Comment
I have put a padlock on you, Mother, dear dead human,... Go to Quote / Comment