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Jorie Graham (; born May 9, 1950) is an American poet. The Poetry Foundation called Graham "one of the most celebrated poets of the American post-war generation." She replaced poet Seamus Heaney as Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard, becoming the first woman to be appointed to this position. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1996) for ''The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994'' and was chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1997 to 2003. She won the 2013 Nonino#Winners, International Nonino Prize in Italy. Books and awards Jorie Graham is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including notable volumes like ''The End of Beauty'', ''The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994'', ''Sea Change'', ''P L A C E'', ''From the New World (Poems 1976-2014)'', ''Fast'', and ''Runaway''. She has also edited two anthologies, ''Earth Took of Earth: 100 Great Poems of the English Language'' (1996) and ''The Best American Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
