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My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!
Josephine Miles
Born: June 11, 1911
Died: May 12, 1985 (aged 73)
Bio: Josephine Louise Miles was an American poet and literary critic; the first woman tenured in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley. She wrote over a dozen books of poetry and several works of criticism.
Known for:
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964)
- Eras & modes in English poetry (1957)
- Collected Poems (1983)