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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 sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up. Quote Right
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Quote Left for it is dark, as dark as the leathery dead... Quote Right
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Quote Left Why do you smile that liverish smile? Why do you double over in a spaz and a swoon,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Don't look now, God, we're all right. All the suicides are eating Black Bean Soup;... Quote Right
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Quote Left her young years bungle past their same marriage bed... Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things