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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I swam but the tide came in like ten thousand orgasms. I swam but the waves were higher than horses' necks. Go to Quote / Comment
I tied down time with a rope but it came back.... Go to Quote / Comment
I was the girl of the chain letter,... Go to Quote / Comment
Max, surely you'll meet me at the Ritz at five. Hurry up somebody's dead we're still alive. Go to Quote / Comment
life is a trick, life is a kitten in a sack. Go to Quote / Comment