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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 Does he lie there forever, where his rifle waits, giant... Quote Right
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Quote Left His white head hung out like a carpet bag and his crotch turned blue as a blood blister,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort. Quote Right
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Quote Left It is panting; it is an odor with a face like the skin of a donkey. It laps my sores.... Quote Right
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Quote Left Going down for the last time, the last breath lying, I grapple with eels like ropes—it's ether, it's queer... Quote Right
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