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Louise Bogan
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Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970) was an American poet. She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title. Throughout her life she wrote poetry, fiction, and criticism, and became the regular poetry reviewer for The New Yorker.
Quotes
Women have no wilderness in them, They are provident instead, Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts To eat dusty bread.
"Women", st. 1, in Body of This Death (1923), p. 23
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Category:1897 births
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Category:Poets from the United States
Category:Formalist poets