Margaret Hasse (born 1950, in

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), is a poet and writer who has lived and worked in

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since graduating from

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in 1973. Three of her collections of poems have been published: ''Milk and Tides'' ( Nodin Press, 2008), ''In a Sheep's Eye, Darling'' (

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, 1988), and ''Stars Above, Stars Below'' ( New Rivers Press, 1984.) Milk and Tides was a finalist for a 2009 Minnesota Book Award and won the Midwestern Independent Publishers' Association award in poetry. Margaret Hasse has been awarded fellowships in poetry from the

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, The

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, Minnesota State Arts Board, and the McKnight Foundation. She has presented at the AWP Writers Conference and teaches at the nationally acclaimed Loft Literary Center.

Works

''Milk and Tides'', ''In a Sheep's Eye, Darling'', ''Stars Above, Stars Below'',

References

Minnesota State Arts Board

External links

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