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