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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 Death, I need my little addiction to you.... 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 No matter whose bed you die in the bed will be yours for your voyage onto the surgical andiron of God. Quote Right
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Quote Left they were placed in a box and painted identically blue... 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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