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James Tate
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thumb|right|Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing.
James Vincent Tate (December 8, 1943 – July 8, 2015) was an American poet whose work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
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Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing.
The Route as Briefed (1999)
Quotes about
An interviewer once asked him whether he had any advice for young writers starting out. "No," he answered, "if a writer is going to get anywhere, he doesn't listen to anybody."
David Lehman, The Best American Poetry (2013)
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James Tate (writer)
Category:Poets from the United States
Category:Pulitzer Prize winners
Category:National Book Award winners
Category:People from Missouri
Category:Academics from the United States
Category:Columbia University faculty
Category:1943 births
Category:2015 deaths