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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 The joy that isn't shared dies young. Quote Right
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Quote Left I am out of practice at living. You are as brave as a motorcycle. Quote Right
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Quote Left I'm getting bored with it, I tell the typewriter,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Oh Mary, Gentle Mother,... Quote Right
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Quote Left I have put a padlock on you, Mother, dear dead human,... Quote Right
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